On 2/28/02 1:41 PM, Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have been looking in the Learning Perl book, and cannot find it.
>
> I am sure that it is just a terminology thing.
>
> In VB {Yeah the old VB again :P) I could do:
>
> Select Case $Junk
> Case 1
> Do Something
> Case 2
> Do Something
> Case 3
> Do Something
> Case 4
> Do Something
> End Select
>
> Does Perl have something similar to where I do not have to have one
> humongous IF statement?
Nope, but you have elsifs:
if ($Junk eq '1'{
dostuff();
}
elsif ($Junk eq '2'){
dostuff();
}
elsif ($Junk eq '3'){
dostuff();
}
elsif ($Junk eq '4'){
dostuff();
}
A little longer that a case, but it's better than nested ifs.
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Michael
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