Controlling whether an element in an array or not

[baron06]

Hi all;

I have to control wheter a string is an array element or not.
I tried to exists function but it didn't give me the desired output.

print "Which hotel do you want to remove from the list?\n";
chomp($a = <STDIN>);

if(exists $name {$a}){
	foreach $record(@name){
		if($record eq $a) {
			delete $name[$j];
			delete $rayt[$j];
			delete $comf[$j];
			delete $kitchen[$j];
			delete $act[$j];
		}
		$j++;
	}

} else {
	print "\nThe record couldn't find...\n";
}

When I try to remove a hotel name (which is already exist) from the array, it prints "The record couldn't find..."

Note that "name" is an array such as @name = ("hilton","sher aton",...etc.);

Thanks for your helps....

[KevinADC]

You have this on another site where I have posted a reply.