use strict;
my $str = '';
my $regex = qr/^(A(D|E|F|G|I|L|M|N|O|R|S|T|Q|U|W|X|Z)|B(A|B|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|L|M|N|O|R|S|T|V|W|Y|Z)|C(A|C|D|F|G|H|I|K|L|M|N|O|R|U|V|X|Y|Z)|D(E|J|K|M|O|Z)|E(C|E|G|H|R|S|T)|F(I|J|K|M|O|R)|G(A|B|D|E|F|G|H|I|L|M|N|P|Q|R|S|T|U|W|Y)|H(K|M|N|R|T|U)|I(D|E|Q|L|M|N|O|R|S|T)|J(E|M|O|P)|K(E|G|H|I|M|N|P|R|W|Y|Z)|L(A|B|C|I|K|R|S|T|U|V|Y)|M(A|C|D|E|F|G|H|K|L|M|N|O|Q|P|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z)|N(A|C|E|F|G|I|L|O|P|R|U|Z)|OM|P(A|E|F|G|H|K|L|M|N|R|S|T|W|Y)|QA|R(E|O|S|U|W)|S(A|B|C|D|E|G|H|I|J|K|L|M|N|O|R|T|V|Y|Z)|T(C|D|F|G|H|J|K|L|M|N|O|R|T|V|W|Z)|U(A|G|M|S|Y|Z)|V(A|C|E|G|I|N|U)|W(F|S)|Y(E|T)|Z(A|M|W))$/mp;
if ( $str =~ /$regex/g ) {
print "Whole match is ${^MATCH} and its start/end positions can be obtained via \$-[0] and \$+[0]\n";
# print "Capture Group 1 is $1 and its start/end positions can be obtained via \$-[1] and \$+[1]\n";
# print "Capture Group 2 is $2 ... and so on\n";
}
# ${^POSTMATCH} and ${^PREMATCH} are also available with the use of '/p'
# Named capture groups can be called via $+{name}
Please keep in mind that these code samples are automatically generated and are not guaranteed to work. If you find any syntax errors, feel free to submit a bug report. For a full regex reference for Perl, please visit: http://perldoc.perl.org/perlre.html