$ perl -Mre=debug -e'/^CPXX1|^KLXX1|^KMXX1|^MEXX1|^PAXX1|^PMXX1|^SLXX1|^SZXX1|^WXXX1|^YZXX1/' Compiling REx `^CPXX1|^KLXX1|^KMXX1|^MEXX1|^PAXX1|^PMXX1|^SLXX1|^SZXX1|^WXXX1|^YZXX1' size 51 Got 412 bytes for offset annotations. 1: BRANCH(6) 2: BOL(3) 3: EXACT (51) 6: BRANCH(11) 7: BOL(8) 8: EXACT (51) 11: BRANCH(16) 12: BOL(13) 13: EXACT (51) 16: BRANCH(21) 17: BOL(18) 18: EXACT (51) 21: BRANCH(26) 22: BOL(23) 23: EXACT (51) 26: BRANCH(31) 27: BOL(28) 28: EXACT (51) 31: BRANCH(36) 32: BOL(33) 33: EXACT (51) 36: BRANCH(41) 37: BOL(38) 38: EXACT (51) 41: BRANCH(46) 42: BOL(43) 43: EXACT (51) 46: BRANCH(51) 47: BOL(48) 48: EXACT (51) 51: END(0) minlen 5 Offsets: [51] 0[0] 1[1] 2[5] 0[0] 0[0] 7[1] 8[1] 9[5] 0[0] 0[0] 14[1] 15[1] 16[5] 0[0] 0[0] 21[1] 22[1] 23[5] 0[0] 0[0] 28[1] 29[1] 30[5] 0[0] 0[0] 35[1] 36[1] 37[5] 0[0] 0[0] 42[1] 43[1] 44[5] 0[0] 0[0] 49[1] 50[1] 51[5] 0[0] 0[0] 56[1] 57[1] 58[5] 0[0] 0[0] 63[1] 64[1] 65[5] 0[0] 0[0] 70[0] Freeing REx: `"^CPXX1|^KLXX1|^KMXX1|^MEXX1|^PAXX1|^PMXX1|^SLXX1|^SZXX1|^WX"......' $ perl -Mre=debug -e'/^(?:CPXX1|KLXX1|KMXX1|MEXX1|PAXX1|PMXX1|SLXX1|SZXX1|WXXX1|YZXX1)/' Compiling REx `^(?:CPXX1|KLXX1|KMXX1|MEXX1|PAXX1|PMXX1|SLXX1|SZXX1|WXXX1|YZXX1)' size 43 Got 348 bytes for offset annotations. first at 2 1: BOL(2) 2: BRANCH(6) 3: EXACT (43) 6: BRANCH(10) 7: EXACT (43) 10: BRANCH(14) 11: EXACT (43) 14: BRANCH(18) 15: EXACT (43) 18: BRANCH(22) 19: EXACT (43) 22: BRANCH(26) 23: EXACT (43) 26: BRANCH(30) 27: EXACT (43) 30: BRANCH(34) 31: EXACT (43) 34: BRANCH(38) 35: EXACT (43) 38: BRANCH(42) 39: EXACT (43) 42: TAIL(43) 43: END(0) anchored(BOL) minlen 5 Offsets: [43] 1[1] 4[1] 5[5] 0[0] 0[0] 10[1] 11[5] 0[0] 0[0] 16[1] 17[5] 0[0] 0[0] 22[1] 23[5] 0[0] 0[0] 28[1] 29[5] 0[0] 0[0] 34[1] 35[5] 0[0] 0[0] 40[1] 41[5] 0[0] 0[0] 46[1] 47[5] 0[0] 0[0] 52[1] 53[5] 0[0] 0[0] 58[1] 59[5] 0[0] 0[0] 63[0] 65[0] Freeing REx: `"^(?:CPXX1|KLXX1|KMXX1|MEXX1|PAXX1|PMXX1|SLXX1|SZXX1|WXXX1|Y"......'