#!/usr/local/bin/perl
my $str = 'abcdef';
my $pat1 = 'abc';
my $pat2 = 'xyz';
if ($str =~ /$pat1/)
{
print "[$str] is in [$pat1]\n";
}
if ($str =~ /$pat2/)
{
print "[$str] is in [$pat2]\n";
}
if ($str !~ /$pat1/)
{
print "[$str] is not in [$pat1]\n";
}
if ($str !~ /$pat2/)
{
print "[$str] is not in [$pat2]\n";
}