Hi everyone,

In the code below, I wanted to say a word in @inputs is matched to what word in @list. How do I get the word in @list that matches the word in @inputs? That is, how do I replace the ?? with the matched word in @list?

use String::Approx qw(amatch);

my @list = qw(Apple Pear Orange);
my @inputs = qw(aple appe peay range oranges mango appple aqqple);

for my $word (@inputs) {
    if (amatch($word, ["i"], @list)) {
        print "Matched: $word to ?? <br />";
    }
    else {
        print "Unmatched: $word <br />";
    }
}

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Sample output:
Matched: aple to ??
Matched: appe to ??
Matched: peay to ??

Desired output:
Matched: aple to Apple
Matched: appe to Apple
Matched: peay to Pear

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Thank you for reading and looking forward to your replies.

In reply to Getting matched word from String::Approx by Anonymous Monk

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