in reply to How do I find the index of a specific array value?

I like List::MoreUtils:
use List::MoreUtils; my @array = qw( Apples Oranges Brains Toes Kiwi); my $search = "Toes"; my $index = List::MoreUtils::first_index {$_ eq $search} @array; print "index of $search = $index\n";