import scala.reflect.runtime.universe._ import scala.tools.reflect.Eval object Test extends App { reify { val RegexParser = """(.*) \d+([A-Z]+) \| (.*) \|.*""".r val RegexParser(name, shortname, value) = "American Dollar 1USD | 2,8567 | sometext" println("name = %s, shortname = %s, value = %s".format(name, shortname, value)) }.eval }