Hi AM,

Using a hash slice should do what you want.
Try this

#!/usr/bin/perl -w                                                    
+                        

use strict;

                                                                      
+          my @array = (1, 3, 5, 7, 9);
my @numbers = (1, 4, 6 , 8);                                          
+                                      
my %nums;                                                             
+                   

# @nums{ @numbers } = 1;  # incorrect
@nums{ @numbers } = (1) x @numbers; # as jryan points out             
+                                                                   

print "FOUND\n" if $nums{ $array[0] };
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Hope this helps

thinker

Update : corrected my error. thanks jryan

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