I like the solution from jeffenstein++

Regex will be slower than the above solution.
I would code a regex version like this:

#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict; 
use warnings;
my $str1 = "helloworld";
my $str2 = "hello";

if  ($str1 ne $str2 and $str1 =~ /\Q$str2\E/) 
{ 
    print "yes, $str2 is a substring of $str1\n"; 
}

# Note: the \Q and \E escapes are not needed in
# this exact situation. These escape characters mean
# to ignore any chars in $str2 that might otherwise
# mean something to the regex engine.

# In this simple case the \E is not needed, but 
# I would recommend a \Q...\E pair.

__END__
Prints:
yes, hello is a substring of helloworld

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In reply to Re^2: regex and substrings by Marshall
in thread regex and substrings by ovedpo15

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