use strict; my $test1 = "abcd"; print "Testing: $test1\n"; print "Passed #1\n" if ($test1 =~ /[A-Za-z]/); print "Passed #2\n" if ($test1 =~ /^([A-Za-z])*$/); $test1 = "abcd1234"; print "\nTesting: $test1\n"; print "Passed #1\n" if ($test1 =~ /[A-Za-z]/); print "Passed #2\n" if ($test1 =~ /^([A-Za-z])*$/); # output __DATA__ Testing: abcd Passed #1 Passed #2 Testing: abcd1234 Passed #1