in reply to how to select which words have Y and W

Try this

 @selection = grep { /REGEX/ } @array

and plz give us feedback with code you tried.

see also grep and perlre

Cheers Rolf

( addicted to the Perl Programming Language)

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Re^2: how to select which words have Y and W
by rammohan (Acolyte) on Dec 26, 2013 at 10:44 UTC
    i tried like this but it doesn't show any result
    my@colors=('red', 'cyan', 'yellow', 'blue' );
my @yw_colors = grep  {/yw/}  @colors;

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      UPDATE: Add a print statement. And the regex should be /x|y/, i.e. you want to find an x or an y, not x followed by y. Another possible regex that would work would use a character class: /[xy]/

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        i tried but it doesn't work,slightly i change my code then it works that is 
        my @yw_colors = grep  {/yw/}  @colors; '
print @yw_colors,$/

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