You can find the line without splitting first:

chomp @file;

my @matches = grep { $file[$_] =~ /^\Q$storeline|\E/ } 0..$#file;
no_match($storeline), return unless @matches;
duped_ids($storeline), return if @matches > 1;

my ($number, $image, $name, $text, $used) = split /\|/, $file[$matches
+[0]];
# do what you do modifying those vars

$file[$matches[0]] = join '|', $number, $image, $name, $text, $used;

rename '/path/to/info/smileset.txt', '/path/to/info/smileset.bak' or d
+ie $!;
open FLE, '>', '/path/to/info/smileset.txt' or die $!;
print FLE $_, $/ for @file;
close FLE or die $!;

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The &no_match and &duped_ids subs are up to you, they would probably log the error.

After Compline,
Zaxo

In reply to Re: Help by Zaxo
in thread Edit array in place (was: Help) by Anonymous Monk

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