#!/usr/bin/perl use Modern::Perl; use List::Util qw(first max maxstr min minstr reduce shuffle sum); my @pantry = ("Panc", "Pancake", "Panmix"); my $total = 0; $total++ if any { /^\QPanc\E$/ } @pantry; #$total++ if grep { /^\Qpanc\E$/ } @pantry; print "$total";