Although there are several solutions for your task, consider the following:
use warnings;
use strict;
my $names = 'names.txt';
my ( $found, $name );
print 'Enter a name: ';
chomp( my $input = <STDIN> );
open my $fh, '<', $names or die "Cannot open $names: $!\n";
while ( $name = <$fh> ) {
chomp $name;
if ( $input eq $name ) {
$found++;
last;
}
}
close $fh;
if ($found) {
print qq{The name "$input" was found.\n};
}
else {
print qq{The name "$input" was not found.\n};
}
Note that:
- The name to search for is requested first.
- chomp is used to remove the trailing input record separator (usually \n), from both the entered name and the names from the file.
- The names' file is read once; no hash or array is necessary to 'hold' the names (Why process the list twice?). A flag's set and the while loop is immediately exited if the name is found.
- Appropriate responses are given depending upon the value of $found.
Hope this helps!
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