Re: testing parts of a string against a word database

[TJPride]

use strict;
use warnings;

my (%words, $c);

### Contains words 'apple' and 'cart'
open (HANDLE, 'words.txt');
while (<HANDLE>) {
    chomp;
    $words{uc $_}++;
}

while (<DATA>) {
    $c++;
    while (m/([A-Z']+)/ig) {
        print "[$c] $1 is a noun.\n" if $words{uc $1};
    }
}

__DATA__
Jared ran forward.
He picked up an apple.
He put the apple in the cart.