#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; my @arrays = qw( chatterbox test abode); my @vowels = qw( a e i o u ); foreach my $i (@arrays) { my $count = 0; for (my $j = 0; $j <= (length $i) - 1 ; $j++) { my $letter = substr($i, $j, 1 ); $count++ if ( grep /\b$letter\b/, @vowels ); } print "$i has at least 3 or more vowels.\n" if ( $count >= 3 ); }