[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > People of the Perl, > > thanks for the info....I am familiar with perls subroutines so I will use > these and this name instead of functions. Also, my intention was to avoid > the if , then ,elif, then constructs, mentioned by Dan, for certain > situations which is why I asked about cases so I will read the perldoc. > > thanks > > Derek B. Smith
Don't give up quite so quickly. At least in Perl 5.8, there is abuilt-in Switch module, as Chuck Fox has also pointed out. Joseph -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>