This would better be coded using a hash:
use strict;
use warnings;
my %prims =(
"int" => 1,
"char" => 1,
"long" => 1,
"double" => 1,
"static" => 1
);
while(<>) {
if($prims{$_}) {
print "Found item $_\n";
}
}
Update:
If you absolutely need to have the @prim array, then create the hash on-the-fly using map:
...
my @prim = (("int","char","long","double","static");
my %prim = map { $_ => 1 } @prim;
...
Update2
After reading moritz's take on this, his seems to be what you're looking for.
I was somehow thinking that you were parsing chunks (ie. words) and then seeing if that word existed in your array/hash.
moritz is also spot-on mentioning that you're not handling the newlines at the ends of lines.
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