pattern matching in array

torres09 has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

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Re: pattern matching in array by hdb (Monsignor) on Jun 20, 2013 at 11:10 UTC
For an array, have a look at grep. The example in there is almost what you need. UPDATE: see here: Re^3: using grep to find a word	[reply]
Re: pattern matching in array by gurpreetsingh13 (Scribe) on Jun 20, 2013 at 11:24 UTC
Simple one liner for the same. `perl -e 'my @ar = qw( adf "afaf faf ff" af "abf"); $_ =~ m/^\".+$/ && +print "Yes=",$_,"\n" foreach(@ar);'` [download] Output: `Yes="afaf Yes="adf"` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: pattern matching in array by hbm (Hermit) on Jun 20, 2013 at 11:36 UTC
You don't need to escape the quote, nor gobble up the entire string. Simply: `m/^"/`	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: pattern matching in array by torres09 (Acolyte) on Jun 24, 2013 at 08:28 UTC
hey now i am trying to work to find words starting with "" in array and I am doing this `@foo_d = grep(/""/, @arr);` but it is not working , @foo_d always holds 1	[reply] [d/l]