my @phrases = ( 'kinase i', 'hib', 'tor', 'tor SET6', 'SET6', 'p16(INK
+4A)', 'cell' );
$sentence='kinase inhibitor SET6 activates p16(INK4A) in cell-wall.';


#Desired Output: 'kinase inhibitor #SET6# activates #p16(INK4A)# in ce
+ll-wall'

#I am trying to solve like this:
my $phrases_re = join '|', map { quotemeta } @phrases;
$sentence =~ s/($phrases_re)/\#$1\#/g;

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The problem is that the above solution also selects partial matches in the sentence. However, I want to only tag 'complete' phrases/words, i.e. those that are separated by spaces on either side (exception being last word in the sentence). Any suggestions?

Thanks.

UPDATE: put code in tags; thanks JadeNB for noting that.

In reply to phrase match by newbio

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