Chris wrote:
>
> I have been looking in the Learning Perl book, and cannot find it.
> I am sure that it is just a terminology thing.
> In VB {Yeah the old VB again :P) I could do:
>
> Select Case $Junk
> Case 1
> Do Something
> Case 2
> Do Something
> Case 3
> Do Something
> Case 4
> Do Something
> End Select
>
> Does Perl have something similar to where I do not have to have one
> humongous IF statement?
>
> I have a file I have to read in, and there are 2 fields I have to look
> at. In those two fields, one is a password, and I have to display
> the decrypted password to the admin.
>
> Reading the file is not hard.
>
> Getting the proper fields is not hard.
>
> But the password is based on something "a little different" so it isn't just
> pass the decrypt to it... I have the workaround I was given to
> determine it, but that means that I have to read it and look
> for the matching string.
>
> Thus a Case Statement, IMHO, would be the best possible solution - with
> my current knowledge...
perldoc -q "How do I create a switch or case statement"
http://search.cpan.org/search?dist=Switch
John
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