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Another way.

#! perl -sw use strict; local $\=$/; local $,=$/; sub IsNarcissistic ($) { my %narcissistic; @narcissistic{do{local $/;split /\s/, <<'END'; 4 5 6 9 93084 1741725 4210818 9800817 9926315 472335975 40028394225 42678290603 2 44708635679 49388550606 3 82693916578 534494 +836 54748 35641594208964132 35875699062250035 32164049651 146511208 94204591914 +912985153 1517841543307505039 3289582984443187032 4498128791164624869 4929273885 +928088826 449177399146038697307 21887696841122916288858 63105425988599693916 7 8 + 88593477 28361281321319229463398 153 35452590104031691935943 370 43382817693913 +71 548834 174088005938065293023722 188451485447897896036875 23931366443004156935 +0093 8208 1553242162893771850669378 3706907995955475988644380 1 4338281769391370 + 24678051 121204998563613372405438066 121270696006801314328439376 27907865009977 +052567814 128851796696487777842012787 27879694893054074471405 0 3706907995955475 +988644381 174650464499531377631639254 1550475334214501539088894 4422095118095899 +619457938 14607640612971980372614873089 28116440335967 1634 19008174136254279995 +012734740 19008174136254279995012734741 128468643043731391252 177265453171792792 +366489765 1145037275765491025924292050346 32164049650 371 1927890457142960697580 +636236639 2309092682616190307509695338915 21897142587612075 23866716435523975980 +390369295 186709961001538790100634132976990 24678050 407 17333509997782249308725 +103962772 186709961001538790100634132976991 4679307774 1122763285329372541592822 +900204593 1219167219625434121569735803609966019 92727 12639369517103790328947807 +201478392 12815792078366059955099770545296129367 8208 12679937780272278566303885 +594196922 115132219018763992565095597973971522400 115132219018763992565095597973 +971522401 END }} = undef; return exists $narcissistic{$_[0]}; } print "Insert a number: "; chomp ( my $vlnum = <STDIN> ); print IsNarcissistic($vlnum) ? "Is narc dude!" : "Try another number!" +;

Nah! Your thinking of Simon Templar, originally played by Roger Moore and later by Ian Ogilvy