use strict; use warnings; my @array_code= qw(WE4321 PP7654 8973 7865 TT3422); my %code_numbers = ( "4321" =>"XX", "7654" => "BB", "8973" => "" ); for (@array_code) { my $c = $_; $c =~ s/\D//g; if (exists $code_numbers{$c}) { print "$_ ", ($code_numbers{$c} || 'IN'), "\n"; } }