use strict; use warnings; use Data::Dumper; my @forms = ( { name => 'Name: Roger', address => 'Address: Melbourne', phone => 'Telephone: 12345', }, { name => 'Name: Roger', address => 'Address:', phone => 'Telephone: 12345', }, { name => 'Name: Roger', address => 'Address: Melbourne', phone => 'Telephone: 54321', }, ); my $m_name = 'Roger'; my $m_address = ''; # means don't care my $m_phone = '12345'; for my $form (@forms) { print Dumper($form); if ($form->{name} =~ /Name:\s*?$m_name/ && $form->{address} =~ /Address:\s*?$m_address/ && $form->{phone} =~ /Telephone:\s*?$m_phone/) { print "Match\n"; } else { print "Not match\n"; } }