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| DATE | 2004-11-20 |
| FROM | Contrarian
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| SUBJECT | Re: [hangout] Perl vs. PHP
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> That's my least favorite Perl feature. They give you this as a
> consolation prize:
non-feature rather. I hear rumors that Perl 6 will have
something of the sort.
> for($var){
> /foo/ and do { stuff; last };
> /bar/ and do { barstuff; last };
> /bat/ and do { batstuff; last };
> /baz/ and do { bazstuff; last };
> do { defaultstuff; last };
> }
All the case/switch constructs I recall are quite limited,
if 'a', if 'b' etc. So since if one needs to do the if elsif
elsif else (or if, else if, else if, else) for more complex
conditions I don't quite understand the fuss.
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