johngg@shiraz:~ > perl -Mstrict -Mwarnings -E '
my $find = q{thispart};
say $find;
my $str = q{ksguhdipghisosipghthispartudirlhgdr};
say $str;
my $posn = index $str, $find;
die qq{Substring not found\n}
if $posn == -1;
my $idNo = substr $str, $posn, length $find, q{};
say $idNo;
say $str;'
thispart
ksguhdipghisosipghthispartudirlhgdr
thispart
ksguhdipghisosipghudirlhgdr
####
johngg@shiraz:~ > perl -Mstrict -Mwarnings -E '
my $find = q{thatpart};
say $find;
my $str = q{ksguhdipghisosipghthispartudirlhgdr};
say $str;
my $posn = index $str, $find;
die qq{Substring not found\n}
if $posn == -1;
my $idNo = substr $str, $posn, length $find, q{};
say $idNo;
say $str;'
thatpart
ksguhdipghisosipghthispartudirlhgdr
Substring not found
##
##
johngg@shiraz:~ > perl -Mstrict -Mwarnings -MData::Dumper -E '
my $idStr = q{381980767204};
my %idLookup =
map { $_ => 1 }
unpack q{(a4)*}, $idStr;
print Data::Dumper->Dumpxs( [ \ %idLookup ], [ qw{ *idLookup } ] );
say qq{ID $_ }, exists $idLookup{ $_ } ? q{found} : q{not found}
for qw{ 7204 6720 };'
%idLookup = (
'8076' => 1,
'7204' => 1,
'3819' => 1
);
ID 7204 found
ID 6720 not found