I have an @array where a=stock and b=value.

a1 b1
a2 b2
a3 b3
a5 b5
a4 b4

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My objective is to find the stock in the array and get its corresponding value for further printing or processing. When I use something like this:

my $stockval = grep{/a2/} @array;

I get a '1' in my $stockval. I'm guessing that I'm only being told about whether a2 exists in the array or not. What should I be doing to get a2's corresponding value b2 into my $stockval? I realize that this probably a very rookie question (am new to perl). Thanks.

In reply to search and return values from an array by Gtforce

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