my $searchThisLine = $lastname . " " . $firstname . " " . $alias . " " . $phPrefix . " " . $phSuffix . " " . $location . " " . $deptdivcodeslash . " " . $line[16] . " " . $contractorfirm . " " . $nospacelastname . " " . $lanID;
  
foreach my $searchArg(@argument)
{
  print "<br> Searching $searchArg in $searchThisLine<br>";
  #search for searchArg in searchThisLine 
  #true means the searchArg was found - so continue processing line
  #false means the searchArg was not found - so break loop
  if ($searchThisLine =~ m/$searchArg/i)
  { 
    print "<br>true<br>";
    #this shouldn’t be happening when the user searches pl
  }
  else
  {
    print "<br>false<br>";
    #set the search match flag to false 
    # and call last so this iteration will stop
    $bSearchMatch = "false";
    last;      
  }
...