#!/usr/bin/perl my @office_patterns = ('^\d{3}-\d{4}$'); my @international_patterns = ('^[+]\d \d{3} \d{3}-\d{4}$'); my $record = "662-5555"; my $record = "+1 102 892-1314"; my @office_phones; my $office_phones; my @international_phones; NUMBER: foreach $record { # Trim spaces. $record =~ s/^\s+//; $record =~ s/\s+$//; foreach $office_pattern (@office_patterns) { if ($record =~ /$office_pattern/) { push @office_phones, $record; next NUMBER; } } foreach $international_pattern (@international_patterns) { if ($record =~ /$international_pattern/) { push @international_phones, $record; next NUMBER; } } } print "$office_phones[0]", "\n";