I used 'perldoc -f switch' and nothing came up. I've done what you suggested and I'm on my way. Thank you very much. R
"Ing. Branislav Gerzo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Ron Smith [RS], on Saturday, June 11, 2005 at 14:11 (-0700 (PDT)) has on mind: RS> Does Perl have the equivalent of a case statement or a switch RS> statement. I'm trying to avoid a bunch of "if-then" statements. RS> I'm seeing posts regarding "use switch", but I want to make sure RS> it's not a deprecated practice. I'm using Perl -v 5.8.0. How you would definde your question ? it is about "switch" So, give this question (-q) to perl documentation (perldoc) with keyword "switch". I did, and found an answer, how about you ? perldoc -q switch -- ...m8s, cu l8r, Brano. ["Brilliant... Genius... Best message of 1993!" -- N.Y. Times] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]