my @nets = "in1_[0], in1_[1]"; #### my @nets = "a_c, b_c, N_05"; #### while (){ print "substitution is done" if (s/$nets[0]/$nets[1]/); } #### -DATA- in1_c[0] in1_c[1] in1_c[0] in1_c[1] a_c in1_c[0] b_c in1_c[1] in1_c[0] in1_c[1]