use strict; use warnings; my $w = q{}; my $x = q{}; my $y = q{}; my $z = q{}; cmpOr(); $x = q{abc}; cmpOr(); $z = q{abcdefghij}; cmpOr(); $z = q{abcdefgh}; cmpOr(); $y = q{abcdefgh}; cmpOr(); $z = q{abcdefghij}; cmpOr(); sub cmpOr { print qq{Comparing OR methods with:-\n}, qq{ \$w is ->$w<-\n}, qq{ \$x is ->$x<-\n}, qq{ \$y is ->$y<-\n}, qq{ \$z is ->$z<-\n}; if ($w =~ /abcdefgh/ || $x =~ /abcdefgh/ || $y =~ /abcdefgh/ || $z =~ /abcdefgh/) { print qq{ orig: true\n}; } else { print qq{ orig: false\n}; } if (q{abcdefgh} =~ /^(?:$w|$x|$y|$z)$/) { print qq{johngg: true\n}; } else { print qq{johngg: false\n}; } print qq{\n}; }