Here's one thought. I know you had in mind one regex, but it works pretty well like this:
################################# my @testNumbers = qw(1453225556 994320100 99887443 1123234499 99298281); foreach(@testNumbers){ if($_ =~ /1/ and $_ =~ /3/){ print "$_ has a 1 and a 3\n"; } } ################################# -----Original Message----- From: Gilles [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2005 5:50 PM To: 'beginners perl' Subject: RE: Is it possible with RegEx No, I would know if "13" (means the 2 characters) are in "123" or "145637" I'm sorry if I did not the problem clear Gilles -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>