tab@music4:~/Pianoforte/Development/Perlmonks 12:19:50 $ cat 11154494.pl #!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; my $str = '240*240*2/3600'; use Test::More; { like ( $str, qr{^(\d+[*/])+(\d+)$}, 'Check regex' ); done_testing; } tab@music4:~/Pianoforte/Development/Perlmonks 12:19:55 $ prove !$ prove 11154494.pl 11154494.pl .. ok All tests successful. Files=1, Tests=1, 0 wallclock secs ( 0.02 usr 0.01 sys + 0.06 cusr 0.00 csys = 0.09 CPU) Result: PASS tab@music4:~/Pianoforte/Development/Perlmonks 12:19:58 $ #### tab@music4:~/Pianoforte/Development/Perlmonks 12:33:45 $ cat !$ cat 11154494-2.pl #!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; my $str = '240*240*2/3600'; use Test::More; { like ( $str, qr{^(\d+\*){2}(\d+)/(\d+)$}, 'Check regex' ); done_testing; } tab@music4:~/Pianoforte/Development/Perlmonks 12:33:50 $ prove !$ prove 11154494-2.pl 11154494-2.pl .. ok All tests successful. Files=1, Tests=1, 0 wallclock secs ( 0.02 usr 0.01 sys + 0.05 cusr 0.00 csys = 0.08 CPU) Result: PASS tab@music4:~/Pianoforte/Development/Perlmonks 12:33:58 $