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in reply to regex issue

^ in a regex pattern means 'starts with'. No line starts with Lesle.

/43500$/ is incomplete. You have to say match it with $inp.

Try this:

#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; while(my $inp = <DATA>){ if ($inp =~ /Lesle/ .. $inp =~ /43500$/){ print "$inp\n"; } } __DATA__ 41 Tommy Savage:408–724–0140: 12 2 2 Oxbow Court, Sunnyvale, CA 94087 +: 5/19/66: 34200 42 Lesle Kerstin: 408–456–123 4: 4 Harvard Square, Boston, MA 02133: +4/22/62: 52600 43 JonDeLoach: 408–253–3 122: 12 3 Park St. , San Jose, CA 94086: 7/2 +5/53: 85100 44 Ephram Hardy:293–259–5395: 2 3 5 Carlton Lane, Joliet, IL 73858: 8 +/12/20: 56700 45 etty Boop: 245–836–83 57: 63 5 Cutesy Lane, Hollywood, CA 91464: 6 +/23/23: 14500 46 Wilhelm Kopf:846–836–2837 : 693 7 Ware Road, Milton, PA 93756: 9/2 +1/46: 43500 47 Norma Corder:397–857 –2735: 74 Pine Street, Dearborn, MI 23874: 3/ +28/45: 245700 48 James Ikeda: 834–938–8376: 2 3 445 Aster Ave. , Allentown, NJ 8374 +5: 12/1/38: 45000 49 Lori Gortz: 327–832–5728: 3 465 Mirlo Street, Peabody, MA 34756: 1 +0/2/65: 35200 50 Barbara Kerz:385–573 –8326: 83 2 Ponce Drive, Gary, IN 83756: 12/1 +5/46: 268500