Re: without looping, check if $var is found in @list

[sulfericacid]

I'd have to agree with duckyd on this one. A hash is probably the way to go on this one. This is my version..

my @choices = qq(one two three four five);
my %choices;
$choices{$_}++ for @choices;

while ($sth->fetch)
{
    if (exists $choices{$var}) 
    {
      #
    }
}