#!/usr/bin/perl # http://perlmonks.org/?node_id=1196089 use strict; use warnings; $\ = $/; my $dict = 'b'; $_ = '*' . 'a' x (9e4 - 1e4) . "\n"; my($head, $tail) = map length( $_ // '' ), split /\*/, $_; s/\?/[$dict]/g; s/\*/ [^$dict ]* /; my $qr = qr/^$_$/; substr($_, $head, 0, ' '), substr($_, -$tail, 0, ' '), print $_ =~ $qr ? "YES" : "NO" for 'a' x (0 + 1e4) . 'a' x (9e4 - 1e4) . "\n";