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in reply to Re: How to find out if X is an element in an array?
in thread How to find out if X is an element in an array?

This may be simplistic, but what about the following code. Anyone? 

#
# Given: first value passed is the element to check for
# Given: remaining values are the array to check in
#
sub find_in_list {
    my ($element, @list2check) = @_;
    return(scalar(grep($element, @updatelist)));
}

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Re: Re: Answer: How to find out if X is an element in an array?
by juliansnail (Initiate) on Apr 07, 2004 at 00:08 UTC
    Do this or if you search for "1" it'll find "1" as well as "123"...
    return(scalar(grep(/^$element$/, @updatelist)));
    -julian geek
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