sub contains { # return true if $_[0] is contained in $_[1]
  my ($s, $t) = @_;
  for (split('', $s)) {
    return 0 unless ($t =~ s/$_//);
  }
  1;
}
print contains("dog", "good"), "\n"; # -> 1
print contains("food", "fodder"), "\n"; # -> 0

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sub contains {
  my ($s, $t) = @_;
  my (%sc, %tc);
  for (split('', $s)) { $sc{$_}++ };
  for (split('', $t)) { $tc($_}++ };
  for my $k (keys %sc) {
    return 0 unless $sc{$k} <= $tc{$k};
  }
  1;
}