Well, you could use an array: my @months = qw(JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC);
then you can say $months[$s_month-1] to get the string value. -----Original Message----- From: Rahul Garg To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 10/4/2001 1:54 AM Subject: problem in writing code(switch/case)or enum what i want is : $s_month can be 1 to 12 if($s_month == 1){$s_month = 'JAN'}; and so on how can i do it. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]