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my @array = map { qr{$_} } ('^abcd', 'cd[ef]g', 'cat$');
# timtowtdi... foreach ( qw{ ^abcd cd[ef]g cat$ } ) { push @array, qr{$_} }; ... # or the way I think is most clear and most sane.... @array = ( qr{^abcd}, qr{cd[ef]g}, qr{cat$} );