THIS DONT WORK $my1 = # IS "EV-1891" OR "EV-DKL1" thats wat we want; #THEN AM TRYING TO COMPARE IF NOT $my1 results if (any { $my1 ne $_ } 'EV-1891', 'EV-DKL1') { print "BAD"; last; } # MAKE OTHER NEXT CONDITION ACCESSIBLE IT ONLY WORKS WHEN I REMOVE 1 STRING THIS WORKS if (any { $my1 ne $_ } 'EV-1891') { print "BAD"; last; } # NEXT CONDITION ACCESSIBLE