Hi, Bill,
For fast array operations, I like to use map.
Ex:
$testnum = 1;
map { $bool = 'true' if $_ == $testnum } @your_array;
Regards,
John
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John T Shea
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---- Bill - compuserve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi List
>
> I have an array and all I need to do is to find out if a number is present
> in the array or not.
>
> Currently I just do a 'foreach' on the array and and check the number
> against the array element. I was wondering if there is any function that can
> do this without the need for me to manually step through each element.
>
> It works but I suspect it won't scale well for a large number of arrays.
>
> Any thoughts appreciated
>
> Bill.
>
>
>
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