my $delete = join '','a'..'z'; # remove all lower case letters my $exclude = 'aeiou'; # exluding vowels $_ = 'Just Another Perl Hacker'; s/(?:[$delete](?## my $delete = join '','a'..'z'; # remove all lower case letters my $exclude = 'aeiou'; $delete =~ s/[$exclude]+//g; # excluding vowels $_ = 'Just Another Perl Hacker'; s/[$delete]+//g; print;