$ cat /tmp/p for ( $var1++; $var2++; $var3++ ) { $var4++; } $ perl -MO=Concise,-src /tmp/p | grep var /tmp/p syntax OK 3 <#> gvsv[*var1] s ->4 f <#> gvsv[*var2] s ->g # 6: $var4++; 9 <#> gvsv[*var4] s ->a c <#> gvsv[*var3] s ->d