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in reply to IN-style operator for set of possible values

You can always rely on the power of quantum computing:

use 5.012; use Quantum::Superpositions; my $myfruit = 'apples'; if ( $myfruit eq any( qw(bananas apples oranges) ) ) { print "I like $myfruit!"; } else { print "I don't like $myfruit!"; }