my @tests = ; chomp @tests; for my $test (@tests) { if ($test =~ /^123\.145\.14[6789]\.2$/ or ( $test =~ /^135\.168\.(\d\d?\d?)\.(\d\d?\d?)$/ and ( $1 >= 10 and $1 <= 115) and ( $2 >= 0 and $2 <= 125) ) ) { print "YES: $test\n"; } else { print "NO: $test\n"; } } __DATA__ 123.145.147.2 123.145.150.2 135.168.0.1 135.168.10.1 135.168.10.200 999 123.456.178 123.456.789.09 135.168.010.001