#!/usr/bin/perl use Modern::Perl; # 934820 my $palindrome_re = qr{ \b (? # A palindrome is a sandwich... (?\w) # starting with white bread... (?: # filled with either... \w? # peanut butter (maybe)... | # or... (?&pal) # another sandwich... ) \k # topped off with white bread! ) \b }ix; my @Rev_arr = qw /Research tattarrattat Kanakanak Qaanaaq Foobarblivitz/; for my $word(@Rev_arr) { if ($word =~ /$palindrome_re/) { say $word; } else { say "$word is NOT a palindrome"; } } #### C:\>934820.pl Research is NOT a palindrome tattarrattat Kanakanak Qaanaaq Foobarblivitz is NOT a palindrome C:\>