John W.Krahn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...]
>> I was reading lines with a while loop inside find() so used a `last' >> to break out of it. Perl gives a warning for that so I thought maybe >> it wasn't such a good idea... but finally resorted to sticking with >> the last and quieting the warnings with `no warnings' locally. > > Perl will not warn when using 'last' (or 'next' or 'redo') inside a > while loop so either you used it outside the loop or you used it with > the while statement modifier. Ha... and right you are. It is after the while loop so breaking out of the find subroutine. Which does invoke a warning. [...] Thanks for the answeres.. > >> 2) What is the best way to break out of a while loop early, inside a >> find()? I guess that should have been: What is the best way to break out of a subroutine early? And I think you may have answered that earlier in respone to a question about the use of `return'. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/
