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This probably a very simple question. Sorry, but Im having a mental block.

I've got a fixed record length DB I substr into @arrys. One array contains names of people. I need a user to type in their name and I need to find it. If someone keys in Jeff Fox and I have A Jeff Patrick Fox III I want it displayed. The code I was trying to accomplish this is:

sub search {
$matchcounter = 0;
   @terms = split(/\s+/, $FORM{'terms'});

   foreach (@names) {


      $string = join(' ',@names);
      $string =~ s/\n//g;
         foreach $term (@terms) {
            if ($FORM{'case'} eq 'Insensitive') {
               if (!($string =~ /$term/i)) {
                  $include{$matchcounter} = 'no';
            last;
               }
               else {
                  $include{$matchcounter} = 'yes';
               }
            }
    }
     }
}
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In reply to @arrys & Non exact searches. by akm2

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