FAQ 4.45 How do I find the first array element for which a condition is true?
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From: PerlFAQ Server on 14 Feb 2010 12:00 This is an excerpt from the latest version perlfaq4.pod, which comes with the standard Perl distribution. These postings aim to reduce the number of repeated questions as well as allow the community to review and update the answers. The latest version of the complete perlfaq is at http://faq.perl.org . -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4.45: How do I find the first array element for which a condition is true? To find the first array element which satisfies a condition, you can use the "first()" function in the "List::Util" module, which comes with Perl 5.8. This example finds the first element that contains "Perl". use List::Util qw(first); my $element = first { /Perl/ } @array; If you cannot use "List::Util", you can make your own loop to do the same thing. Once you find the element, you stop the loop with last. my $found; foreach ( @array ) { if( /Perl/ ) { $found = $_; last } } If you want the array index, you can iterate through the indices and check the array element at each index until you find one that satisfies the condition. my( $found, $index ) = ( undef, -1 ); for( $i = 0; $i < @array; $i++ ) { if( $array[$i] =~ /Perl/ ) { $found = $array[$i]; $index = $i; last; } } -------------------------------------------------------------------- The perlfaq-workers, a group of volunteers, maintain the perlfaq. They are not necessarily experts in every domain where Perl might show up, so please include as much information as possible and relevant in any corrections. The perlfaq-workers also don't have access to every operating system or platform, so please include relevant details for corrections to examples that do not work on particular platforms. Working code is greatly appreciated. If you'd like to help maintain the perlfaq, see the details in perlfaq.pod. |