I have never used perl before. I would like to state that from the offset.<br><br>ok I have been given an old system written in perl to update, the update is not all that difficult and I have gotton along pretty well on my programming fundementals, that is until now.<br><br>I am useing a case statement to find out if a number is within a certain range how can this be done?<br><br>will it be something like<br> case csconitm < 5<br> cprice = 12<br> case csconitm > 4 .AND. < 10<br> cprice = 13<br> case csconitm > 9<br> cprice = 19<br><br>any help is most appreciated<br><br>Best Regards<br>James<br><br>please bear in mind I have no books or help files.<br><br><br>
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Perl does not 'really' do case statements in the same sense that 'C' does....however, you can do something link this...<br><FONT FACE=monospace><br>DO_CASE: {<br>if ($csconitm < 5)<br> {<br> $cprice = 12;<br> last DO_CASE;<br> }<br>if (($csconitm > 4) && ($csconitm < 10))<br> {<br> $cprice = 13;<br> last DO_CASE;<br> }<br>if ($csconitm > 9)<br> {<br> $cprice = 19;<br> last DO_CASE;<br> }<br>} # end of DO_CASE<br>[\tt]<br><br>...pretty much what the Camel book says.....<br>You can name your block what ever you like. DO_CASE was the first name in my head. If you have the Camel book, see 'case structure'. If you don't have it, I suggest you get it.<br><i><br>Programming Perl<br>Wall, Christiansen, and Schwartz<br>O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.<br></i><br><br>'hope this helps <p> <br><a href=mailto: > </a><br><a href= > </a><br> keep the rudder amid ship and beware the odd typo
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