Revered Monks, I come to your presence to humbly ask for enlightenment: I have this code: 
$exp->expect($timeout,
        [ qr/.*$card,$sim.*Your Number is \+([0-9]+).*/,
            sub {
               ($gsm_number_gotten) =  @{$exp->matchlist()};
               print "Got gsm_number=$gsm_number_gotten for card=$card
+  sim=$sim\n\n";
            }
        ]);

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and it correctly grabs from the telnet connection the string ATREPLY 27,12 +CUSD: 0,"Your Number is +233266684011",15 but if I make: 
my $number_string = 'Your number is \+([0-9]+)';

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and then: 
$exp->expect($timeout,
        [ qr/.*$card,$sim.*$number_string.*/,
            sub {
               ($gsm_number_gotten) =  @{$exp->matchlist()};
               print "Got gsm_number=$gsm_number_gotten for card=$card
+  sim=$sim\n\n";
            }
        ]);

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it stops grabbing the line. Could you please enlighten me to what am I doing wrong? Humbly and gratefully, Jose

In reply to qr// for Expect.pm problem by Anonymous Monk

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