while($phone =~ /D/ || $len !=10){ print "Please enter your 10 digit phone number:"; $phone = ; chomp($phone); #Find out the length of the string $len=($phone=~tr/[0-9]/[0-9]/); } #stor in $1 $2 $3 and format for international phone format $phone=~/ddd)(ddd)(dddd)/; $formattedphone="+"."1"." ".$1." ".$2." ".$3;