Perl has a foreach loop that is very apt at doing what you want.
i.e.
#!/usr/local/bin/perl5
$test1 = "030";
@holder = qw(020 040 034 056 030);
foreach (@holder) {
$test = true if ($_ == $test1);
}
This loop cycles through each element of the array, temporarily housing it
in the special variable $_ and then compares it to test1. Of course you
could have the loop exit when it finds the condition by using last.
At 07:55 PM 5/17/01 +0000, you wrote:
>Hi,
>
>Today is my first day on Perl so please bear with me if this sounds stupid...
>
>How can I find out if an array contains a particular element stored in a
>certain variable ?
>
>eg variable TEST1 = "030"
>
>array HOLDER = "020 040 034 056 030"
>
>I need to find out if "030" is present in the array HOLDER
>
>Any help on how to do this would be really appreciated.
Peter Cline
Inet Developer
New York Times Digital
