@array = qw( is an to  for from);
@strs =("is that true","this is from presentation","to create");
print join("\n",@strs);
print "\nTO DELETE: [@array]";
print "\n------PROCESS--------\n";
foreach $str (@strs)
{
    @words=split(/\s+/,$str);
        print "\nWords in [$str] are [". join(",",@words)."]";
        foreach $word (@words)
        {
            if(grep {$word eq $_} @array)
                {
                        print "\n\tDeleting [$word] from [$str]";
                    $str=~s/\b$word\b//g;

                }
        }

}
print "\n--------OUTPUT---------\n";
print join("\n",@strs);

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=======================================
is that true
this is from presentation
to create
TO DELETE: [is an to for from]
------PROCESS--------

Words in [is that true] are [is,that,true]
    Deleting [is] from [is that true]
Words in [this is from presentation] are [this,is,from,presentation]
    Deleting [is] from [this is from presentation]
    Deleting [from] from [this  from presentation]
Words in [to create] are [to,create]
    Deleting [to] from [to create]
--------OUTPUT---------
 that true
this   presentation
 create

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In reply to Re: Deleting values from string using array by cheekuperl
in thread Deleting values from string using array by Shaveta_Chawla

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