Clooney, David schreef: > if ($crxfnp02_users =~ m/$chester_userid /i ) { I think you mean something like: if ($array[0] =~ m/^\Q$string\E$/i) { , which is similar to: if (lc($array[0]) eq lc($string)) { , or maybe you need something like if (grep lc($_) eq lc($string), @array) { See also `perldoc -f index`. And the -T in `perldoc perlrun`. -- Groet, Ruud