How to match string inside of array?

[somebody]

If I have an array like:

@arr = ('one', 'two', 'three');

And the varaible $myvar = 'two';
How do I check if $myvar matches 'two' in @arr?

I know I could iterate through the array with
a foreach statement, but was wondering if there
was a more efficient method.

-Thanks

[Jürgen Exner]

somebody wrote:

How do I check if $myvar matches 'two' in @arr?

I know I could iterate through the array with
a foreach statement, but was wondering if there
was a more efficient method.

perldoc -q contains

jue

[somebody]

On Fri, 16 Dec 2005 23:19:28 +0000, Jürgen Exner wrote:

somebody wrote:

How do I check if $myvar matches 'two' in @arr?

I know I could iterate through the array with
a foreach statement, but was wondering if there
was a more efficient method.

perldoc -q contains

jue

I don't seem to have that. Is it a separate module?

mybox:> perldoc -q contains
No documentation for perl FAQ keyword `contains' found

[Jim Gibson]

In article <4YHof.11993$fY5.2618@trnddc02>, Jürgen Exner
<ju******@hotmail.com> wrote:

somebody wrote:

How do I check if $myvar matches 'two' in @arr?

I know I could iterate through the array with
a foreach statement, but was wondering if there
was a more efficient method.

perldoc -q contains

In my version (5.8.6) you have to search for "contained"

FYI to OP: this newsgroup is defunct; try comp.lang.perl.misc in the
future.

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[Jürgen Exner]

somebody wrote:

On Fri, 16 Dec 2005 23:19:28 +0000, Jürgen Exner wrote:

somebody wrote:

How do I check if $myvar matches 'two' in @arr?

perldoc -q contains

I don't seem to have that. Is it a separate module?

mybox:> perldoc -q contains
No documentation for perl FAQ keyword `contains' found

Strange. I get

E:\>perldoc -q contains
Found in E:\[...]\perlfaq4.pod
How can I tell whether a list or array contains a certain element?
jue