Re^2: Reconcile one list against another

This will do what the OP said he wanted to do, but should user ed match a line for user ted or fred. The OP will probably be better off isolating (just) the user names from both files, then doing exact matching.

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Re^3: Reconcile one list against another by wind (Priest) on May 04, 2011 at 18:59 UTC
That is true, my code was just meant to solve is state variable quandary. Without thinking too deeply about it, your noted problem might be solved by simply adding some word boundaries: `if (my @matched = grep {$line =~ /\b\Q$_\E\b/i} @users) {` [download]	[reply] [d/l]


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