Re: matching whole words only

The easiest solution is to use word boundaries:

if (@events = grep /\b$event\b/, @{ $region_of_state{$region_of_state}
+}) {
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Given your approach, you might also want to add quotemeta support:

if (@events = grep /\b\Q$event\E\b/, @{ $region_of_state{$region_of_st
+ate}}) {
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#11929 First ask yourself `How would I do this without a computer?' Then have the computer do it the same way.

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Re^2: matching whole words only by dirtdog (Monk) on Feb 27, 2015 at 16:02 UTC
bounderies worked like a charm. Thank you!	[reply]