The dot metacharacter and the zero or more quantifier : Metacharacters « Regular Expression « Perl

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Perl » Regular Expression » Metacharacters 
The dot metacharacter and the zero or more quantifier
    

while(<DATA>){
    print if s/[A-Z].*y/Tom/;
}
__DATA__
    Mary 101
    Tom 201

   
    
    
    
  
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