while (($pointer = $sth->fetchrow_hashref) && ($current_count <= $stopcount)){ $current_count++; if ($current_count >= $startcount && $current_count <= $stopcount) { my %valid_apt_numbers; for my $unit ( split( /,/, q{1001,1002,1003,1004,1101,1102,1103,1104,1201,1202,1203,1204,1301,1302,1303,1304,1401,1402,1403,1404, 1501,1502,1503,1504,1601,1602,1603,1604,1701,1702,1703,1704,1801,1802,1803,1804,1901,1902,1903,1904,2001,2002,2003,2004, 2101,2102,2103,2104,2201,2202,2203,2204,2301,2302,2303,2304,2401,2402,2403,2501,2502,2503,2504,2505} ) ) { $valid_apt_numbers{ $unit } = 1; } if( exists $valid_apt_numbers{ $digits_4 } ) { $text =~ s{\b($digits_4)\b}{$1}xmsg; } print qq~ $text ~; } }