I'm at my wits end. I have a file with multiple lines, data within each line is seperated with a pipe: 
husani|10|20
bill|1|3
john|5|2

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An array exists for each line, and then an array exists for all of these arrays, via the following code: 
open(IN, "<$mailer_data_location");
my @foo = map { [(split(/\|/, $_))] } <IN>;
close(IN);

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i need to be able to do the following: - search for a specific value, e.g., "bill"
- when value is found, get values of other elements in the array
- modify these elements, and replace array with new values

ive spent a couple of hours searching this site and doing stuff, but it's still not working. please advise? :-)

In reply to searching array of arrays by husani

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