On Monday 22 April 2002 12:07 pm, Marc te Vruchte wrote: > Well, there isn't a real case statement as in C or Pascal, but, you can > emulate one through a block =) > > > SWITCH: for ($str_fruit) { > if (/apple/) { > ... > last SWITCH; > } > if (/banana/) { > ... > last SWITCH; > } > if (/orange/) { > ... > last SWITCH; > } > } >
Or, with a little less typing: for ($str_fruit) { /apple/ && do {&peal_apple ; last; }; /pear/ && do {&thow_it; last ; }; &unknown_fruit; } > > Hope this helps, > > Marc... > > | Hi, > | > | there is in Perl a statement "case" like in "C" or in "Pascal" ??? > | > | Walter -- Gary Stainburn This email does not contain private or confidential material as it may be snooped on by interested government parties for unknown and undisclosed purposes - Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act, 2000 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]