If you wanted to use a regexp match, you could use a character class instead of your three nested loops.

[ Code not provided as this sounds like homework ]

By the way, it makes no sense to hardcode 5 instead of using the length of the array.

You're probably also hearing an echo of Match 2 same characters.

Please use code tags around your code...

What about something like this:

#! /usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;

while  ( my $line = <DATA> ) {

   my $count = $line =~ tr/AEIOUaeiou//;
   print $count, $/;
}

__DATA__
no
ah, two...
ave
ave caesar
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#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;
# cf pl_test/751890.pl

my @myarray=qw/two three threee fouuuuur five septigesimal sodium hexa
+flouride/;
my @vowels=qw/a e i o u/;
my @words_having_3_vowels;

for my $var(@myarray) {
    my $seen;
    for my $vowel(@vowels) {
        if ($var =~ m/$vowel/) {
            $seen++;
            if ($seen == 3) {
                push @words_having_3_vowels, $var;
                next;
            }
        }
    }
}

for my $words(@words_having_3_vowels) {
    print "$words \n";
}

=head   execution output:
pl_test/751890_a.pl
septigesimal
sodium
hexaflouride

=cut
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Now, echoing responses above, please read about <code>...</code> (or <c>...</c> tags in Writeup Formatting Tips or Markup in the Monastery so that your code is readable (what you did is, but more complex code, or that using characters like [ would NOT be readable without code tags.

And read also How do I post a question effectively? because "But not getting the expected results." is not a description of the problem which clarifies your problem. Also, as noted above, your description of what you're trying to achieve is ambiguous./p>

Finally, the original code, cleaned up to use strict; and use warnings;; with variables declared (albeit, not constrained as to scope with appropriate indentation (well, one legible version of 'appropriate' indentation, of which there are many);

#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;

my @myarray=qw/two three threee fouuuuur five septigesimal/;
my @vowels=qw/a e i o u/;
my @words_having_3_vowels;
foreach(@myarray) {
    my $var=$_;
    for ( my $p=0; $p<5 ; $p++ ) {
        for ( my $q=0; $q<5 ; $q++ ) {
            for ( my $r=0; $r<5 ; $r++ ) {
                if ( $var =~ /^(.*)($vowels[$p])(.*)$vowels[$q](.*)$vo
+wels[$r](.*)$/ ) {
                    push @words_having_3_vowels, $var;
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
for my $result(@words_having_3_vowels) {
    print "|$result|\n"; 
}

=head  execution output:

|threee|
|fouuuuur|
|fouuuuur|
|septigesimal|
|septigesimal|
|septigesimal|
|septigesimal|
|septigesimal|
|septigesimal|
|septigesimal|
|septigesimal|

=cut
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This is unnecessarily hard on you and the future reader and could be avoided by <insert> either of</insert> the technique ikegami cites; it's also far more work to type (and track) than linuxer's solution. Note, however, that his output is a per-word vowel count; not the words with 3 or more vowels, and also that lines 20-22 in my "cleaned up" version change your print command (line 16 by my count) to a print-in-a-loop that prints a word (wrong: each time its vowel-count exceeds two) (correction: one or more times for reasons I'm too lazy to explore and elucidate).

Update Inserted the italicized clarification re ikegami's suggestions.
update 2 Original statement re output, now stricken, is incorrect.

#!/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 );
}
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Hi, though I still prefer the tr/// solution, I think, a rewrite of your code could be helpful ;o)

So, how about this (based upon your solution)?

#! /usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;

my @array = qw( chatterbox test abode );
my @vowels = qw( a e i o u );

# check each word in @array; so why using $i instead of $word?
WORD: for my $word ( @array ) {
  my $count = 0;

  # split $word into characters
  CHARACTER: for my $character ( split //, $word ) {

    # I see no need for regex if checking each character against each 
+vowel
    # check if character is equal a vowel
    $count++ if grep { $_ eq $character } @vowels;

    # could be inserted to make it (maybe?; depends on the words which
+ are checked) faster
    #last CHARACTER if $count >= 3;
  }

  print "$word has at least 3 or more vowels.\n" if $count >= 3;
}
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#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;

my @array = qw( chatterbox teste abode fooooo foo);

my @vowelsGT2 = grep{ tr/aeiouAEIOU// >2}@array;
print "Words with >2 vowels: @vowelsGT2\n";

__END__
prints: Words with >2 vowels: chatterbox abode fooooo
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print $word if $word=~ m/([aeiou].*){3}/i;
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Than you friend.it works!

Here below is the program.

That should do it. I trust you’ll find the test test an interesting challenge.

--tom