#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; my @known = qw( foo bar baz ); print "Talk to me, Goose."; chomp(my $input = ); print "You gave me $input"; if (grep { $_ eq lc($input) } @known) { print ", I know about that. Have a nice day.\n"; } else { print ", I don't know that, try again.\n"; }