Hello Monks!
Todays question is the following and code posted below. I am trying to match specific words from a file and a master list and post the count. 


my %count;

my $wordcnt='Bob|Tom|Dave|Tom|Bob|Dave';

my @words = split(":"); # THIS IS PULLED FROM A FLAT FILE

foreach my $word (@words){
if($word=~/($wordcnt)/io){
$count{$1}++;
}
}

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The above code works with no issues... However I have found some weird happenings...the code also gives a total word count in addition to giving how many names are in the list. What I want to do is MATCH the wordcnt with the FIELD in the flat file. I tried the adding the below code and it did nothing. Thanks for the help! 
if( ($word eq $wordcnt) && ($word[3] eq $wordcnt) )

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In reply to Word Count and Match by PilotinControl

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