Andy,
Try this:
if ( $letter =~ /^[A-L]$/ )
{ do something; }
You should be able to the same thing in ksh, just change the format a bit.
-Michael McQuarrie
--- "Nguyen, Andy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi List,
>
> I am new to perl and looking for a shortcut way of doing this.
>
> # $letter could be any letter from A to L.
> if ( $letter eq "A" || $letter "B" || $letter "C" || $letter eq "D" ............ ||
>$letter eq
> "L" )
> {
> do something
> }
>
> I really don't want to repeat $letter for every letter (B-L).
>
> In ksh Shell, I can do:
>
> if [[ $letter = @(A|B|B|C|D|.......|L) ]]
> then
> do something
> fi
>
> Any help will be appreciated.
>
> Thanks
> Andy
>
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