IF statements

[Mark Martin]

What I have is this:

if ($variable == 02){
        print OUT1 "$variable"; 
        $lines1 ++;
} elsif($variable == 03){
        print OUT1 "$variable\n"; 
        $lines2 ++;
} elsif($variable == "08"){
        print OUT1 "$variable\n"; 
        $lines2 ++;
}  elsif($variable == 79){
        print OUT3 "$variable\n"; 
        $lines3 ++;
}  elsif($variable == 93){
        print OUT3 "$variable\n"; 
        $lines3 ++;
}  elsif($variable == 99){
        print OUT3 "$variable\n"; 
        $lines3 ++;
}

So I need to shorten that to if (variable == "02" OR "03" OR "08"){ .....etc

I think what I need is something called a case. but I can't find the syntax
anywhere.
Cheers.
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Mark Martin
Computer Centre
National University of Ireland Maynooth

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