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# 1  
Old 06-01-2009
Perl grep
OK here's the situation:
I have got these lines which I have got to parse.
If the line contains a particular string and any element from a previously defined array I need to take that particular line and do some further processing.

Code:
if ((grep(/$_[1]/,$1)) && (grep($pattern,@myarr)))
{
    #Do something
}
else
{
   #Do something else
}

And like so many times in my case this obviously is not working.
Any suggestions folks?
# 2  
Old 06-01-2009
It's not entirely clear to me what each of the variables in your example represent, but
Code:
grep($pattern,@myarr)

looks through @myarr for occurrences of $pattern which seems at odds with your description of
Quote:
If the line contains ... any element from a previously defined array
# 3  
Old 06-02-2009
Apologies for not being able to make myself clear at first.
The file that I am trying to read has got lines like

Code:
<start>blahblahblah<tag1>gibberish</tag1><tag2>more of it </tag2>
<tagtosearch>mydata1</tagtosearch>
</start>
<start>blahblahblah<tag1>gibberish</tag1><tag2>more of it </tag2>
<tag3>mydata2</tag3>
</start>

Now my array looks like
Code:
@arr=(mydata1,mydata2,mydata3....,mydatan)

The problem is that I cant write
Code:
grep(/$myline/,@arr)

Also, does perl grep work like this?
Code:
grep(/mydata1|mydata2|mydata3|...|mydatan/,$line)

Thanks a lot.
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