use strict;
my $str = 'Hello wo-r+ld%';
my $regex = qr%\QWO-R+LD%\E%ip;
my $subst = 'Earth';
my $result = $str =~ s%$regex%$subst%r;
print "The result of the substitution is' $result\n";
Please keep in mind that these code samples are automatically generated and are not guaranteed to work. If you find any syntax errors, feel free to submit a bug report. For a full regex reference for Perl, please visit: http://perldoc.perl.org/perlre.html