There are a few solutions that came to my mind:
my $code = "sub check { my \$val = shift; if (";
$code .= join (' or ', map { "\$val eq \"$_\""; } (@ceck_vals));
$code .= ") { return 1; } else { return 0; } }";
eval $code;

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Propably quite performent if you have to check for these values very often and they never change (CGIs, for example..)
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my %check = map { $_ => 1; } (@ceck_vals);
if ($check{$val}) { do_foo (); }

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Propably the better choice if @check_vals often changes..
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if (grep { $val eq $_ } (@check_vals)) { do_foo (); }

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I expect it to be kind of slow..
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my $regex = join ('|', @check_vals);
if ($val =~ m/$re/) { do_foo (); }

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This is slow, but it can match parts of $val, in case this is needed..
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There are more, but these were the ones I like the most :) Have fun ;)
Regards,
octo

P.S.: I didn't do ANY performance tests, so my guesses are likely to be wrong, please don't rely on this!

In reply to Re: Comparing against multiple values by flocto
in thread Comparing against multiple values by doran

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