In the code below I want both strings in the test_array to match with the regex $test3.

This one works but I wonder if there is a more efficient way of doing it than the one I came up with? I ask because the regex will be run thousands of times and performance is a factor.

my $test3 = qr<^in directory '/directory/tmp(/\..*'|')$>;

my @test_array = (
    "in directory '/directory/tmp'",
    "in directory '/directory/tmp/.idBAA5KaaYWfb'"
);

for my $line (@test_array) {
    print "TESTING <$line>\n";
    if ($line =~ $test3) {
        print "MATCHED\n";
    }
    else {
        print "NO MATCH\n";
    }
}

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In reply to regex alternation by Anonymous Monk

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