This:
if ($op == 0) {}
elsif ($op == 1) {}
elsif ($op == 2) {}
elsif ($op == 3) {}
elsif ($op == 4) {}
elsif ($op == 5) {}
is faster than this:
use Switch;
switch ($op) {
case 0 { last }
case 1 { last }
case 2 { last }
case 3 { last }
case 4 { last }
case 5 { last }
}
By a noticably amount.
In a message dated 2/19/2004 5:47:47 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Switch allows coding that runs no more slowly than 'if'
-Will
-----------------------------------
Handy Yet Cryptic Code.
Just to Look Cool to Look at and try to decipher without running it.
Windows
perl -e "printf qq.%3i\x20\x3d\x20\x27%c\x27\x09.,$_,$_ for 0x20..0x7e"
Unix
perl -e 'printf qq.%3i\x20\x3d\x20\x27%c\x27%7c.,$_,$_,0x20 for 0x20..0x7e'
