--- Doug Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Is there a better way to write:
> my $x = "return";
> if (($x = "a")
> || ($x = "test" )
> || ($x = "return" )
> || ($x = "x-retun"))
> {
> print("bunch of foo....);
> }
Several =o) [and my apologies for the reformat, but I needed to fit it
into my mailer window, lol... ;o]
Others have mentioned that you're assigning with = instead of ==, and
that you need eq instead of == when using strings, etc.... So I'll just
make a suggestion. Try a pattern match.
if ($x =! /^(a|test|return|x-retun)$/) { # etc. >:o]
Paul
PS -- the hash solution already mentioned is more efficient, but this
might be more readable.
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