One more quick question....hopefully.
I think I figured out the first part (trying to say LA is not a choice)
But I want anything else in the array to be a successful choice and then exit the loop. I have tried a few things, but can't seem to get it to exit. 
my $myCities = "Baltimore:Chicago:Los Angeles:New York:San Diego:";
my @myCities = split(':', $myCities);

print "Please pick one of the following cities by entering any portion
+ of the beginning of the city name:(@myCities)\n";

while ( my $input_city = <STDIN> ){
foreach ($input_city) {
    if ($input_city  =~ m/^L/i ) {
    print "We no longer tour LA, please try again!\n";
}
if ( $input_city eq $myCities ){ ### here is where im lost##
   print "Found\n";
        }
    }
}

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In reply to Re^2: **HomeWork** Trying to search an array and match it to a user input by trenchwar
in thread **HomeWork** Trying to search an array and match it to a user input by trenchwar

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