In this case, there is a very easy way of doing this.
Now all you really have to do it go if ($var =~ /^[12345]/).
Now if you wanted to do a search through strings, i would suggest going,  if ($var =~ /^[qw(Smith Jones Schmidtz)]/).
I tested both scripts on Win2k and Active Perl 5.6.1. So basically it works to  if ($variable =~ /^##data to search through here##/). this means if $variable finds that any of the search variables are true (if you don't use ^ then it does an and/or search), it does it's required task.


Update:
With help from many people, when doing a string search, drop the [] from a string search, or else your searching through the characters of the string.
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In reply to Re: Re: Re: Is there an InString-like function? by wiz
in thread Is there an InString-like function? by Anonymous Monk

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