Some useful perl control structures:
do { statements; } while someexpression; do { statements; } until someexpression; while (someexpression) { statements; } --or-- statement while someexpression; until (someexpression) { statements; } --or-- statement until someexpression; unless (someexpression) { statements; } --or-- statement unless someexpression; --or-- someexpression || statement; if (someexpression) { statements; } --or-- statement if someexpression --or-- someexpression && statement; if (someexpression) { statements; } elsif (anotherexpression) { statements; } else { statements; } for ( initialexpression; testtocontinueexpression; executeatendofloopstatement ) { statements; } foreach $somescalar ( @somelist ) { statements; } - B __________________ Could someone explain the while and do w/ couple of examples? I have yet to use them, only using the foreach loop and if else stmts. -- ------------------------------- - Teresa Raymond - - Mariposa Net - - http://www.mariposanet.com - ------------------------------- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]