Hi Monks,

Not sure what I am doing wrong, so thought of posting this here. 

use strict;
use warnings;
use diagnostics;

while (<STDIN>) {
    chomp;
    if (/[0-9]{3}/) {
        
        print "\tIt Matches.\n";
    } else {
        print"\tIt doesn't match.\n";
    }
}

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Here's what it does: 

D:\perlscripts>perl test.pl
1
        It doesn't match.
12
        It doesn't match.
123
        It Matches.
12345
        It Matches.
1234567890
        It Matches.

D:\perlscripts>

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I thought {3} should match only 3, not more or less. Please correct if my understanding is wrong.

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In reply to Regex {3} matches 3 or more? by pritesh_ugrankar

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