Re: Finding item in simple array

[Geoff Evans <gbe@TALIS.COM>]

However, I cannot access either of the links mentioned below - i get the
message :

"The page you're looking for
is no longer available."

Any alternative suggestions ?

Geoff Evans.

At 19:48 08/12/2000, you wrote:
> On Fri, 8 Dec 2000, Miriam Blake
> wrote:
>
> > Is there an easy way just to test for the existence of something in
> a
> > simple array (not a hash)?
> >
> > I have $item and I want to see if it exists in @array and I don't
> want
> > to do a foreach over @array every time...
>
> Miriam-
>
> Scratch that last message of mine, where I suggested something that
> I
> perhaps should not have suggested.
>
> One of the best ways of doing what you ask is to use not arrays,
> but
> hashes. Or, if changing to a hash is impractical, check out some of
> the
> creative uses of shadow hashes at the following location:
>
> <URI:http://www.perl.com/pub/doc/manual/html/pod/perlfaq4.html#How_can_I_tell_whether_a_list_or>
>
> Alternately, jump to
> <URI:http://www.perl.com/pub/doc/manual/html/pod/perlfaq4.html> and
> look
> for the question "How can I tell whether a list or array contains
> a
> certain element?".
>
> -jeff
>
> --
> Jeff Godin
> Network Specialist
> Traverse Area District Library / Traverse Community Network
> jeff@tcnet.org
>
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