#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; my @arr = ; my $contact_me_count = 0; for my $lcv (0 .. $#arr){ if($arr[$lcv] =~ /^CONTACT_ME:/){ my $contact_me = substr("$arr[$lcv]", 25); chomp $contact_me; if($contact_me eq 'YES'){ $contact_me_count ++; } } } print $contact_me_count; __DATA__ CONTACT_ME: YES CONTACT_ME: NO