in reply to splice help - deleting specific element

I think what you want is 
@allcompanies = grep {!/^$co$/} @allcompanies;

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Note that this is really no different than what you suggest (ie cycling), but it does, in fact, read much better...

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Re^2: splice help - deleting specific element
by ikegami (Patriarch) on Oct 17, 2008 at 16:50 UTC
    Using the match operator to compare strings exactly is overkill, and you got it wrong. I don't think many companies use regexp patterns for names. 
    @allcompanies = grep {!/^\Q$co\E$/} @allcompanies;

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