note johndageek if the numbers have same number of digits this could work <code> #check for 257 theough 313 @aon = ("100","134","259","290","310","314","330"); foreach $n (@aon){ print "$n\n" if ($n =~ /[2-3][1|5-9][0-3|7-9]/); } </code> <!-- Node text goes above. Div tags should contain sig only --> <div class="pmsig"><div class="pmsig-271237"> <p>Enjoy!<br> Dageek </div></div> 716422 716422