On Wed, 5 Dec 2001, Purshottam Chandak wrote: > i was trying to work it out, for any kind of array. > the following pseudo code doesn't seem to work > > for(.....) { > if(...) { > .......... > } > else { > ........ > break; > } > } > > the break statement is not working. Even when it comes into the else part, > it doesn't break the for loop. > > Suggestions?
Perl doesn't have a break statement. You want to use 'last': for(@somearray) { if($something) { } else { last } } perldoc -f last -- Brett http://www.chapelperilous.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ You can do very well in speculation where land or anything to do with dirt is concerned. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]