If the result is to call some sub then I would just use a hash but sometimes I use a little snippet like so. 
#!/usr/bin/perl

sub matches(&;@) {
    my $coderef = shift ;
    my @data = @_;
    for  (my $i=0; $i <=  $#data; $i++ ){
        $_ = $data[$i];
        if (&$coderef){
            return wantarray ?  ($_ ,($i  ) ) : $_;
        }
    }
    
    return;         
 }


my @actions = qw(get fetch store info print);

if (my ($v,$i) = matches { $action eq $_ } @actions ){
    print "Found $v at $i\n";
}
# Or
if (my $v = matches { $action eq $_ } @actions ){
    print "Found $v $i\n";
}
# Or
die "Damn! Invalid action $action" unless matches{$action eq $_ } @act
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In reply to Re: Comparing against multiple values by shotgunefx
in thread Comparing against multiple values by doran

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