filter array? 2

[webamoeba]

Hi,

I want to filter out strings in an array that do not start with the word unit. e.g.

unit1,
foo,
unitYeeHar,
bar,
Monky,
unit,
aunit

Becomes

unit1,
unitYeeHar,
unit

Is there a better way of doing this other then iterating through each element?

Thanks

 

[1DMF]

@array = grep {/^unit/} @array;


"In complete darkness we are all the same, only our knowledge and wisdom separates us, don't let your eyes deceive you.

 

[stevexff]

Use grep. It still iterates over all the members in the array under the covers, of course, but the code is cleaner.

Steve

[small]"Every program can be reduced by one instruction, and every program has at least one bug. Therefore, any program can be reduced to one instruction which doesn't work." (Object:erlDesignPatterns)[/small]

 

[webamoeba]

Thankyou!!

Darn great big O'Reilly Programming Perl book doesn't cover grep grrrrr. :S

 

[KevinADC]

>> Is there a better way of doing this other then iterating through each element?

No. In fact there is no way of doing this without iterating over each element of the array.