my $line1 = 'CABGFE'; my $line2 = 'DBF'; say for $line1 =~ /[$line2]/g; #### my @line1 = qw(C A B G F E); my @line2 = qw(D B F); my $line1 = join '', @line1; my $line2 = join '', @line2; say for $line1 =~ /[$line2]/g;