Just got the answer to #1 for you: check out 'switch' - documented in the
'perlsyn' perldoc. There is no 'case' or 'switch' function, but you can
emulate it with a block & exit routine, as documented.
Jason
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sparkle Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2001 9:43 AM
Subject: Perl-case statement, and module syntax error
> I'm having two problems
> 1) Is there an equivalent of the case function in Perl?
>
> 2)I'm also getting a syntax error for the following part of my program
that
> I'm attempting to run on my Unix system. I get a syntax error message for
> 'new($url, ', 'login($username, 'cwd($ftp_home), ', and 'get($filename '.
I
> don't understand why and I don't know how to fix it...help!
>
> $ftp = Net::FTP->new($url, Debug=>0);
>
> $ftp->login($username, $password);
>
> echo $ftp->cwd($ftp_home), "\n";
>
> $ftp->get($filename);
>
> $ftp->quit;
>
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