Here's another approach if you're looking for an exact string match for one of multiple choices: 

c:\@Work\Perl\monks>perl -wMstrict -le
"use List::MoreUtils qw(part);
 ;;
 my @history = qw(Foo::End(3) dhcp-options(5) Back_word(3) audit-packa
+ges(8));
 print qq{before: (@history)};
 ;;
 my %choices = map { $_ => 1 } qw(Back_word(3) Foo::End(3));
 ;;
 @history = map @$_, part { exists $choices{$_} } @history;
 print qq{after:  (@history)};
"
before: (Foo::End(3) dhcp-options(5) Back_word(3) audit-packages(8))
after:  (dhcp-options(5) audit-packages(8) Foo::End(3) Back_word(3))

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In reply to Re^3: Removing a string-element from an array of strings by AnomalousMonk
in thread Removing a string-element from an array of strings by Anonymous Monk

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