are the names unique? If so, a hash would be faster. Nevertheless, I'd do something like....
my $index;
my @names = qw(Bob Mary Fred Julio);
my $matchthis = "Fred";
for (my $i = 0; $i < scalar(@names); $i++)
{
if ($names[$i] eq $matchthis)
{
$index = $i;
last;
}
}
print $index;
-----Original Message-----
From: Craig Sharp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 10:00 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [Perl-unix-users] Index of array element
I have an array of names. I need to find the corresponding index for a
particular name. How can I do this?
Thanks,
Craig
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