@arr1=qw(a b c d e sdf); $val1="http://www.google.com/home?sFocus=(sFocus.value)&sList=(sList.value)"; push(@arr1,$val1); $val="sdf"; if(grep(/$val1/i,@arr1)) { print "Value is present\n" ; } else { print "Value is not present\n"; } if(grep(/$val/i,@arr1)) { print "Value is present\n" ; } else { print "Value is not present\n"; }