why don't you simpy create your "in" subroutine? 
sub in {
  my($inQuestion)= shift;
  foreach (@_) {
    return 1 if $_ eq $inQuestion;
  }
  return false;
}

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Okay... It looks somewhat different, but it's shorter 
in($question, "a", "b", "c");

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OTOH: If it's really a fixed set of allowed values, I'd go for a regex or hash (depending on the nature of the problem) too.

  1. if it's just the question, whether or not it's in a set of values, I'd take the regex approach like 
    if ($day =~ /^(?:Mo|Tu|We|Th|Fr|Sa|Su)$/) ...

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  2. if the options are also used to switch, what's done later, I'd prefer the hash way: 
    if (defined $mnth= $monthNum{$month}) ...

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$\=~s;s*.*;q^|D9JYJ^^qq^\//\\\///^;ex;print

In reply to Re: Too much SQL not enough perl by Skeeve
in thread Too much SQL not enough perl by jcpunk

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