@array = ("12G","1G30G","13G24G"); map { $cntr++ if /G/ } @array; print "$cntr\n"; #### @array = ("12G","1G30G","13G24G"); for (@array) { $cntr++ if /G/; } print "$cntr\n"; #### @array = ("12G","1G30G","13G24G"); $str = join '', @array; $str =~ s/[^G]//g; print length($str), "\n";