my $pw_re = qr{ \A (?: .{20,} | (?=.*[a-z]) (?=.*[A-Z]) (?: .{16,19} | (?=.*[0-9]) (?: .{12,15} | (?=.*[\x21-\x2F\x3A-\x40\x5B-\x60\x7B-\x7E]) .{8,11} ) ) ) \z }msx;