Hey guys I've been messing around with this some more, and I think I found a sufficient way to do this.
I don't know why this works now because I feel like I tried this already and it didn't work then.


Data in Array: 
  OWNER | 922337219576856 |rgiles   |5005444 |156 |pts/220 |9:00:44
WAITING | 922337219576856 |mrandall |3309650 |35  |none    |9:10:44
  OWNER | 922337219576856 |mmartin  |4565899 |122 |pts/101 |9:15:44
WAITING | 59761456123786  |rkelly   |5555555 |999 |pts/900 |9:00:00
WAITING | 59761456123786  |mvick    |1234567 |886 |none    |9:20:00
WAITING | 59761456123786  |jrussel  |7654321 |456 |tty/101 |10:00:00
  OWNER | 86555522211     |joe      |5151515 |000 |tty/100 |10:00:00
WAITING | 86555522211     |mmartin  |1234567 |987 |none    |11:00:00

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CODE: 
     #Holds the names of users from SysPerf.
    my @SPUsers = ("mike", "john", "joe", "mmartin", "sp");

     #Loop through all the records (a line at a time), and search for 
+matching users
    for (my $x = 0; $x <= $#records; $x++)
    {
        for (my $y = 0; $y <= $#SPUsers; $y++)
        {
            if ("@{ $AoA[$x] }" =~ "$SPUsers[$y]" && $AoA[$x][0] eq 'O
+WNER')
            {
                splice @AoA,$x,1;
            }
        }
    }


    for (my $x = 0; $x <= $#AoA; $x++)
    {
        print "@{ $AoA[$x] }\n";
    }
        print "Length of \$AoA = $#AoA\n";

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____OUTPUT____ 
  OWNER | 922337219576856 |rgiles   |5005444 |156 |pts/220 |9:00:44
WAITING | 922337219576856 |mrandall |3309650 |35  |none    |9:10:44
WAITING | 59761456123786  |rkelly   |5555555 |999 |pts/900 |9:00:00
WAITING | 59761456123786  |mvick    |1234567 |886 |none    |9:20:00
WAITING | 59761456123786  |jrussel  |7654321 |456 |tty/101 |10:00:00
  OWNER | 86555522211     |joe      |5151515 |000 |tty/100 |10:00:00

Length of $AoA = 5

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In reply to Re: Help to assign a 2D-Array to another while excluding specific rows. by mmartin
in thread Help to assign a 2D-Array to another while excluding specific rows. by mmartin

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