Wow... thanks a bunch!!!! This worked !!!
Thanks for your very clear example.
I placed the prints on 2 - 3 lines for readability.
foreach $sic (keys %hash){
  next if !$hash{$sic}{BUS};
  print "str1 = $str[1] sic= $sic, cat= $hash{$sic}{CAT}
      bus= $hash{$sic}{BUS}\n";
  if ( $str[1] =~  m/$hash{$sic}{BUS}/){
     $str[38] = $hash{$sic}{CAT};
     $str[39] = $sic;
     print "Found one.  Bus name is $str[1] and cat 
         is " . $hash{$sic}{CAT} . " and sic is " . 
          $str[39] ."\n\n\n";
  }
}

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output:
str1 = 'Domino''s Pizza' sic= 5812, cat= Pizza restaurants bus= Pizza
Found one.  Bus name is 'Domino''s Pizza' and cat is Pizza restaurants
+ and sic is 5812

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Have a great weekend :)
Kevin

In reply to Re^2: searching a scalar for a word. Should I use grep? by kevyt
in thread searching a scalar for a word. Should I use grep? by kevyt

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