#!/usr/bin/perl -l use strict; use warnings; { my $state; sub fail () { $state++ } sub failed () { $state ? $state-- : $state } } LINE: while (<>) { chomp; my @chunks=split /_/; fail, next if @chunks < 2; my $oldch=''; for (@chunks) { /^([a-z])([a-z])\d*$/ or fail, next LINE; my $diff=(ord $2) - (ord $1); fail, next LINE unless ($diff == 0 or $diff == 1) and $oldch lt $_; $oldch=$_; } } continue { print "`$_': ", failed ? 'fails!' : 'succeeds!'; } __END__