$ perl -Mstrict -Mwarnings -E ' my $x = "abc"; say $x if index($x, "a", 2) == 2; my $y = "cba"; say $y if index($y, "a", 2) == 2; my $z = "aba"; say $z if index($z, "a", 2) == 2; ' cba aba #### $ perl -Mstrict -Mwarnings -E ' my $x = "abc"; say $x if index($x, "a") == 2; my $y = "cba"; say $y if index($y, "a") == 2; ' cba