$a = 'mmm'; $b = 'yyy'; if ( ( $a =~ /m/i ) && ( $b =~ /y/i ) ) { print "Hello\n"; } if ( ( $a =~ m/m/i ) && ( $b =~ m/y/i ) ) { print "Hello\n"; } __OUTPUT__ $ perl test.pl Hello Hello $ perl -MO=Deparse test.pl $a = 'mmm'; $b = 'yyy'; if ($a =~ /m/i and $b =~ /y/i) { print "Hello\n"; } if ($a =~ /m/i and $b =~ /y/i) { print "Hello\n"; }