Why would you think that using a hash is overkill? I think that most would agree that it is the way to go. And you can just do: 
my %quicktime_ext = map { $_ => undef } qw(...);

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so you dont really need to rework your list.
As for using the array, you'll have to check each element until you find the one you're looking for or until you get to the end of the list. Heres a way without foreach: 
my $found = '';
# overparenthesised for clarity and laziness :)
map { $found || ($found = ($ext eq $_)) } @quicktime_ext;

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Of course map is effectively the same as foreach

In reply to Re: file extensions by shemp
in thread file extensions by coldfingertips

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