Re: splice help - deleting specific element

grep is the correct command, it just looks like your grep block needs tuning. If the company names are just strings, you ought to be able to use:

@allcompanies = grep { not $_ eq $co } @allcompanies
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Notice if there are duplicates, this will whack all of them.

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Re^2: splice help - deleting specific element by JavaFan (Canon) on Oct 17, 2008 at 17:15 UTC
While `not $_ eq $co` isn't incorrect, I rather write `$_ ne $co`. Notice if there are duplicates, this will whack all of them. That's easily solved: `my $i = 0; @allcompanies = grep {$_ ne $co or $i++} @allcompanies;` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: splice help - deleting specific element by mpeever (Friar) on Oct 17, 2008 at 20:43 UTC
While `not $_ eq $co` isn't incorrect, I rather write `$_ ne $co`. I like yours better too. About duplicates: I assume whacking dups is actually what was intended based on the problem description, but I thought it would be worthwhile to mention that side-effect.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: splice help - deleting specific element by kathys39 (Acolyte) on Oct 17, 2008 at 17:07 UTC
works like a charm. guess that is why I should always have use warnings on, right? thanks again-	[reply]