I think you've got the meaning right, you're just mistaken about the syntax of && and //.

The correct translation of the if() statement, using your $line variable would be 

if ($line =~ /a/i && $line =~ /e/i &&  $line =~ /i/i && $line =~ /o/i 
+&& $line =~ /u/i) {

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Where you're going wrong is that && does not combine matches into a single match, it just does a logical AND of the results of the matches.

And any // match without a preceding $variable =~ statement matches on $_, the "implicit"/"default"/"this" variable.

So your original translation boils down to *) - see update 2 

if ($line =~ /a/i && $_ =~ /e/i &&  $_ =~ /i/i && $_ =~ /o/i && $_ =~ 
+/u/i) {

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update: personally, I find the PP book's version much easier on the eyes, and it's definitely more readable once you're used to seeing // matches without explicit $variable =~ parts, but I agree it crams a lot of meaning into a very short line.

The Camel book tends to be like that: it favours idiom over explicitness. IMHO the 3rd edition is a little gentler in this regard, especially in the beginning of the book.

update 2: Sidhekin pointed out that your line actually does something else. Here is your line: 

$line =~ (/a/i && /e/i && /i/i && /o/i && /u/i)

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Note that you're trying to use the result of (/a/i && /e/i && /i/i && /o/i && /u/i) (which will probably 1 or undef) as a match on $line.

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