Re: search array for item, move to next item

You got lured into the idea that any array traversal should be done with for (@array), and that using a C-style for loop is a one way ticket to hell.

But in this case, using a C-style loop makes sense:

my $target_word;
for (my $i = 0; $i < @arglist; ++$i) {
    $target_word = $arglist[$i+1], last if $arglist[$i] eq "-iL";
}
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Note that if "-iL" is the last word, undef is assigned to $target_word, which effectively is a no-op.

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Re^2: search array for item, move to next item by Fletch (Bishop) on Oct 17, 2008 at 14:33 UTC
Actually it's trivial to still use an iterator-style for loop, you just have to pick something slightly different to iterate over. `my $target_word; for my $idx ( 0..($#arglist-1) ) { if( $arglist[ $idx ] eq '-iL' ) { $target_word = $arglist[ $idx + 1 ]; last; } }` [download] The cake is a lie. The cake is a lie. The cake is a lie.	[reply] [d/l]