Re^2: How to check whether my array contains element x

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in thread How to check whether my array contains element x

What they already said except that since you're not actually using regex, you shouldn't use regex. This will be faster and have fewer caveats (I inverted the statement as a matter of stylistic preference, not because it's necessary)–

print "Found it.\n" if grep { $_ eq $value } @array;