Re: if in a list

[Maxim Berlin]

Hello Jennifer,

Thursday, July 26, 2001, Jennifer Pan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

JP> I want to test if "AF00001" is in my list @mylist;

JP> I did: 

JP> foreach $LIST (@mylist) {
JP>         if ($LIST = "AF00001") 
JP>                 $boolean = 1;
JP>         else 
JP>                 $boolean = 0;
JP> }

JP> is there a more elegant way to do it?

$boolean = grep /AF00001/,@mylist;

perldoc -f grep

Best wishes,
 Maxim                            mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]



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