Is string in array?

[smith]

I'm not good with perl but I've been told that I have to make this project in perl. Sorry for all of the questions.

Here is my question: Is there a way in PERL to determine if a string is in an array? Basically search an array for a string?

@array1 = ("Bnn","Cnn","Dnn");
$string = "Cnn";

Is $string in @array1?

[WingedPanther]

I don't know perl, but in most languages you can loop through the index range of the array and compare each string in the array.

[KevinADC]

one way:

@array1 = ("Bnn","Cnn","Dnn");
$string = "Cnn";

if (grep {$_ eq $string} @array1) {
   print "Found $string\n";
}
else {
   print "Nope, no $string\n";
}

but if @array1 is big, tens of thouands or more of elements, you might use a loop and "last" to break out early on the first true match. But if its just a few hundred/thousand strings, this way will be fine.