use strict; use warnings; use Test::More q(no_plan); my $string = "thisisatest"; for my $i (0 .. (length($string) - 2)) { my @t = ($string)x2; # original substr($t[0], $i, 1) = substr($string, $i + 1, 1); substr($t[0], $i + 1, 1) = substr($string, $i, 1); # mine $_ = reverse $_ for substr($t[1], $i, 2); is($t[0], $t[1], "$t[0] eq $t[1]"); } __END__ ok 1 - htisisatest eq htisisatest ok 2 - tihsisatest eq tihsisatest ok 3 - thsiisatest eq thsiisatest ok 4 - thiissatest eq thiissatest ok 5 - thissiatest eq thissiatest ok 6 - thisiastest eq thisiastest ok 7 - thisistaest eq thisistaest ok 8 - thisisaetst eq thisisaetst ok 9 - thisisatset eq thisisatset ok 10 - thisisatets eq thisisatets 1..10