Bill Ng [bill.ng AT citigroup.com] wrote:
> Syntax issue (I think),
>
> I'm trying to do the following:
> I need to execute a block of instructions for all items in an array
> except for one.
>
> So if my array was:
> @a=(1,2,3,4,5);
> And we assume that I don't want to execute the block if the value of
$_
> is 3 ...
>
> Then, in my head, I'm looking for the WORKING (key word there) version
> of this:
> -----------
> @a = (1,2,3,4,5);
> if ($_ != 3) for (@a)
> {
> print "something";
> &doSomething();
> print "somethingelse";
> &yada($yada{$ya})
> }
> -------------
>
> But that if ... for line doesn't work.
> Neither does:
> ------------------------
> for (@a, $_ != 3) {}
> ------------------------
>
> Anyone got any ideas? I've always done this by running a standard for
> loop and having an if condition inside the loop .. but that seems
> inefficient to me right now and I'm looking for the easier way.
Don't think you'll find anything simpler than the old standard "next if
expr" :
for ( @a ) {
next if $_ == 3;
print "something";
&doSomething();
print "somethingelse";
&yada($yada{$ya})
}
--
Mike Arms
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