>
> In the below test you could create an array once of the cities that
> match, then just grep for the value in that city list with something like,
>
> if (grep $fields[4] == $_, @cities) {
> $tmptxt = $fields[10];
> }
> else {
> $tmptxt = '1-' . $fields[10];
> }
>
> No more copying and pasting, to add a city just add it to the array.
>
> > if ($fields[4] == "RALEIGH"){
> > $tmptxt = $fields[10];
> > }
p.s. regardless of how you handle it, the above test needs to be done
with 'eq' rather than '=='. == is the number equality test, 'eq' is the
string equality test, which is what you are testing... same goes for in
the 'grep' I provided...
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