I have a feeling you're using grep in the wrong way.

this is a powerful tool when used correctly.
AFAIK, this is how it is used:

@newArray = grep { condition } @arrayToFilter;
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the condition is usually a RegEx, so you can use any combination of RegEx so you call "wildcards" ie: \.. : a "." with any other character immediately after it.

I hope this helps.. and eventually is correct :)

Update: fixed HTML missing tag.

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