i need to find a match from array which contains a word to be matched in another array below is the code i have done so far 

my @needles   = ("1-2 Steps", "5-7 Steps", "8-10 Steps", "catch");
my @haystacks = ("move 1-2 steps", "move 8-10 steps to hoist", "catch 
+the ball");

for my $needle (@needles) {
    my $found;

    for my $haystack (@haystacks) {
        if ($haystack =~ /\i\Q$needle\E\i/) {
            print "<br>";
            print "Found [$needle] in [$haystack]\n";
            print "</br>";
            $found++;
        }
    }

    if (!$found) {
        print "<br>";
        print "Couldn't find [$needle] anywhere!\n";
        print "<br>";
    }
}

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this code only matches the exact string

In reply to regex for case insensitive by rohan_532

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