Simpler workaround (or maybe it's the right thing to do in the first place) is this:
m/${mystrings[100]}/;
In reply to Re^3: Match operator fails for elements 100 and higher
by Crackers2
in thread Match operator fails for elements 100 and higher
by thrasher
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