This may be what you're after:

use strict;
use warnings;

my @array = ( "file1:aa" , "file2:bb" , "file3:cc" );

my( @found ) = grep { $array[$_] =~ m/aa/ } 0 .. $#array;
print "Matched in $array[$_]\n" foreach @found;

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Update
I wanted to point out that the difference between my implementation, and McDarren's is that his caches the elements from @array that matched, and mine caches the indices of the elements from @array that matched. It's up to you to decide which is better for you. There are subtle advantages to each.


Dave

In reply to Re: how to get the full array value if part of the element matches by davido
in thread how to get the full array value if part of the element matches by greatshots

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