#!/usr/bin/perl -Tw use strict; $|++; my $valid ='realgoodname'; my $invalid ='bad name'; my ($test1,$test2); if ($valid =~ /^([a-z]+)$/i){ $test1=$1; } { $invalid =~ /^([a-z]+)$/i; $test2=$1; die "Invalid test2" unless $test2; } print "Valid word\t= $valid\nInvalid word\t= $invalid\n\n"; print "Valid test\t= $test1\nInvalid test\t= $test2\n"; exit();