LINE: while ( my $line = <> ) { my $n_305_1 = 0; my $n_in_range = 0; foreach my $chunk ( split /,\s*/, $line ) { # skip non-numeric next unless $chunk =~ /^[\d.+-]+$/; # skip values outside the range next unless 296.1 <= $chunk && $chunk <= 314.0; # only allowed one value in the given range... if ( ++ $n_in_range >= 2 ) { print $line; next LINE; } # and we can only ignore one 305.1 if ( approx_equal( $chunk, 305.1 ) && ++$n_305_1 > 1 ) { print $line; next LINE; } } print $line unless $n_in_range == 1 && $n_305_1 == 1; if ( $n_in_range == 0) { warn "ill-formed line $.: no values in range"; } }