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  1. or download this
    my @terms = qw( foo bar baz fool foolish );
my $re = join '|', map{quotemeta} sort {length($b)<=>length($a)}@terms
+;
...
skips the sort by length
Without this foo you look foolish
and may match short elements!
  2. or download this
    my %terms = ( foo => 'FOO', bar => 'BAR' );
my $re = join '|', map{quotemeta} sort {length($b)<=>length($a)}keys %
+terms;
...
__DATA__
foo is a word
Bar ba blacksheep