Yes, the nested if and elsif and else makes the code difficult to read and I often get stuck trying to make sense of it all. For now, I will look to see if I can move some bit and pieces to subroutines to improve readability.
Thanks guys Mimi -----Original Message----- From: Jim Gibson [mailto:jimsgib...@gmail.com] Sent: 14 April 2010 01:36 To: beginners@perl.org Subject: Re: Nested if and elsif and else On 4/13/10 Tue Apr 13, 2010 4:35 PM, "Mimi Cafe" <mimic...@googlemail.com> scribbled: > I think this will work, but is it elegant.? Yes, it will work, and yes, it is elegant, as long as it encapsulates the logic that is required by your program. Be sure and watch your indenting, so you can mentally group the correct branches together (you are a little off in your first 'else'). Also be sure and put some comments for each conditional that explains what is happening if it is not obvious (but don't just repeat what is in the condition). Make sure the 'do this', 'do that', and 'do something else' are not too long. If they are more than a few statements, use subroutines (with good names). > If (condition){ > > if (nexted_condition){ > > do this. > > } > > Elsif (nexted_condition){ > > Do that... > > } > > else{ > > Do something else. > > } > > > > } > > else{ > > Do something else.. > > } -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
