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

I meant 
use List::Utils qw(first);
my @array = qw( Apples Oranges Brains Toes Kiwi);
my $search = "Toes";
my $index = first {$array[$_] eq $search} 0..$#array;
print "index of $search = $index\n";

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