Your question is a perfect example of why you should provide a working example when asking questions on SOPW

I'm assuming you're doing something like this... 

my @test_numbers = qw(1 2 5 8 10 12 14 56);

foreach my $test_number (@test_numbers) {
    if( $test_number =~ /^\d{2}$/){
        if($test_number <= 10){
               print "$test_number\n";
        }
    }
}

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If that assumption is correct, then as already mentioned, your single digit numbers are not passing your regex because you've mandated that there must be two characters.

this is a simple fix to the regex, combined with getting rid of your nested if statement you get the following. 

foreach my $test_number (@test_numbers) {
    if( $test_number =~ /^\d{1,2}$/ and $test_number <= 10){
        print "$test_number\n";
    }
}
__OUTPUT__
1
2
5
8
10

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but without knowing exactly what your data was, it's hard to say if this is right for you.
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my name's not Keith, and I'm not reasonable.

In reply to Re: vallidating a regular expression by reasonablekeith
in thread vallidating a regular expression by s_gaurav1091

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