You could use a ternary operator here:

$Ans =~ m/u/i ? print "u\n" :
$Ans =~ m/d/i ? print "d\n" :
$Ans =~ m/r/i ? print "r\n" :
(some default);

:)


>===== Original Message From Mark Goland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> =====
>Hi guys,
>
>I am trying to implement a switch statment in perl. I have tryed doing it 2
>way's. For some reason my comparison statments are not working can some one
>please look over my code and see if they can point me on the right track ??
>
>Thanx in advance,
>Mark
>
>Solution 1:
>
>while( ( $Remainder = ($P_lenght%16065) ) != 0 )
>{
>  print "\a size you gave is not multiple of cylenders\n";
> print "round (U)p (D)own (R)enter ?"; $Ans=<>;
># chomp ($Ans);
>print $Ans;
>for ($where){
>/u/ && do{print "u\n";};
>/d/ && do{print "d\n";};
># default
>print "enter partition length        : ";
>chomp ( $P_lenght=<> );
>
>
>}
>}
>_exit 0;
>
>solution 2:
>
>while( ( $Remainder = ($P_lenght%16065) ) != 0 )
>{
>  print "\a size you gave is not multiple of cylenders\n";
> print "round (U)p (D)own (R)enter ?"; $Ans=<>;
># chomp ($Ans);
>print $Ans;
>if( $Ans =~ /u/i ){
>$P_lenght = ($P_lenght - $Remainder+$CYLLENGTH);
>}
>elsif( $Ans =~ /d/i){
>$P_lenght-=$Remainder;
>}
># default
>else{
>print "enter partition length        : "; chomp ( $P_lenght=<> );
>}
>
>
>}
>
>_exit 0;
>
>
>
>
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