On Tue, 11 Nov 2003, Darryl Hoar wrote: > > if ( $nation eq "British" or $nation eq "New Zealand" ) > { > print "Hallo $name, pleased to meet you!\n"; > > } > > when I try to run it, it generates a compile errors on the > if line. > > I know its the conditional test, but don't know how to fix > it to be syntactically correct in perl.
Precedence errors, change it to: if ( ($nation eq "British") || ($nation eq "New Zealand") ) When in doubt, parentesize defensivelly :) Hope this helps. Fer > > Any help? > > thanks, > -D > _______________________________________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"