what is the difference with this?
grep(/$a/, @b);
&
grep $a eq $_, @b;
perl is amazing
----- Original Message -----
From: "John W. Krahn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 10:39 AM
Subject: Re: question in list
> Alex Cheung Tin Ka wrote:
> >
> > I have a problem about the list value.
> > I have got a scalar say $a='a' and a list say @b = ('a', 'b','c');
> > how can I check whether $a is one of the value in @b. Is there any
> > easy way to do it and I got lost in perl.com's piles of documentation.
>
>
> if ( grep $a eq $_, @b ) { ... }
>
>
> use Quantum::Superpositions;
> if ( $a eq any( @b ) { ... }
>
>
> John
> --
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> program
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