On Jun 30, Scott, Joshua said:
>What is the best way to stop the processing of a subroutine if an error is
>found without exiting the entire program? For example, I've got a
>subroutine that reads from a file and processes each line. I know to use
>the following code if I want to stop processing the program:
To end a subroutine, just use return().
>open(FILE,"somefile.txt") or die "ERROR\n";
>
>How do I simply stop processing the subroutine, and not the entire program?
>Can I have multiple statements after the "or"?
You can put a do {} block after the or if you have a lot to get done:
open FOO, "bar" or do {
# this
# that
return;
};
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