Inspect the result of the range operator a little closer... you'll find that it's not only usable as a boolean, but as a counter, and as an end indicator too. When the right hand evaluates to true, the value will contain an "E" (from exponent).

This variation: 

my @aap = qw( 0aap 0noot 1mies 2mies 0aap 0noot 1mies 6mies );
foreach (@aap) {
        if (my $test = ( /^1(.*)/ .. /^0(.*)/ )) {
                print "$test: $1\n";
        }
}

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Prints: 

1: mies
2: mies
3E0: aap
1: mies
2: mies
Spot the "E0"?

Alternatively, you can set a flag in the right hand side. 

my @aap = qw( 0aap 0noot 1mies 2mies 0aap 0noot 1mies 6mies );
foreach (@aap) {
        if (/^1(.*)/ .. (my $last = /^0(.*)/ )) {
                unless($last) { 
                        print "$1\n";
                }
        }
}

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Result: 
mies
mies
mies
mies

In reply to Re: .. operator and not including the condition of right operand by bart
in thread .. operator and not including the condition of right operand by eXile

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