next if $data =~ /^[\pL\pN.*]/; doesn't appear to accept anything of interest: 

>perl -wMstrict -le
"my @data = (
   '1. for future assistance toss',  '* You can also toss',
   'Page 2, toss',  '12345 keep this',  '... keep this',
   );
 ;;
 for my $datum (@data) {
   print qq{how about '$datum'?};
   next if $datum =~ /^[\pL\pN.*]/;
   print qq{keep it};
   }
"
how about '1. for future assistance toss'?
how about '* You can also toss'?
how about 'Page 2, toss'?
how about '12345 keep this'?
how about '... keep this'?

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In reply to Re^2: regex to match words and numbers by AnomalousMonk
in thread regex to match words and numbers by doubledecker

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