Dear Monks, OK, I have an SQL query that returns some rows from a mysql table. I then apply a regex to search for & display specific titles... code is as follows:

         $sth=$dbh->prepare($sql);
    $sth->execute() ||
    die "Could not execute SQL statement... maybe invalid syntax?";
    
    #show the results of the regex query in a table
    print "<br>Search Results:<br>".
        "<table border=1>";

while (my @array = $sth->fetchrow_array()){        
        print "<tr>";
        foreach my $elem (@array){
            #search & display the first element in the array for the r
+egex
            $searchTitle=$array[0];
            if ($searchTitle=~/(?=.*pr\w{4}m)(?=(?=\w*w\w*)(?=\w*b\w*)
+\w+\b)/){
            print "<td>";
            print "$elem\n";
            print "<td>";
  }
 }
}
        print "</table>";    
    $sth->finish;
    $dbh->disconnect;
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This is held in a subroutine that when called, displays the results in a browser. Cue my problem... I need to perform another search on the results from this search. How do I save the results of the $searchTitle regex to a variable that I can use in another subroutine? I imagine theres two ways - printing to a log file that I can read back later on, or saving to a variable that I can pass to the other sub. Ive tried the following:

while (my @array = $sth->fetchrow_array()){        
        print "<tr>";
        foreach my $elem (@array){
            #search & display the first element in the array for the r
+egex
            $searchTitle=$array[0];
            if ($searchTitle=~/(?=.*pr\w{4}m)(?=(?=\w*w\w*)(?=\w*b\w*)
+\w+\b)/){
            print "<td>";
            print "$elem\n";
            print "<td>";
            
            #SAVE OUTPUT FOR SEARCH 3:        
            #WARNING: This prints out the title element n times where 
+n = number
            # of columns in the SQL search
            unless (open (LOGFILE, ">>//applications/mamp/logs/search1
+results"))
                {print "Failed to open search1results log!";exit}
            flock (LOGFILE, LOCK_EX);
            
                print LOGFILE "$searchTitle\n";
            
            unless (close (LOGFILE))
                {print "Failed to close search1results log!";exit}
            }
        }
    }
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But as I indicated in the comments, this repeats every line returned once for every column of the table that im searching on. Was hoping theres an easier way to stick the $searchTitle results in an array that can be passed to another sub, but im not too familiar with passing variables between subroutines yet & don't know how to do it (ive read some tutorials but I just don't get how to apply them in my code above where ive got a regex searching on the first element of an array..). Any help or pointers greatly appreciated. In need of some divine intervention. Thanks

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