> > If ( $data{$statefield} ) {
> > # OR If ( $data{uc($rs->Fields('state')->value)} ) {
> > # Process data
> > }
Arg! Don't do that nesting of the if!, use:
if (condition1) {
#action 1
}
elsif (condition2) {
#action 2
}
else {
#default
}
> SWITCH: {
>
> /MA/ && do {
> #do MA specific stuff
> .....
> last SWITCH;
> } # end do MA stuff
>
> /CI/ && do {
> #do MA specific stuff
> ......
> last SWITCH;
> } # end do MA stuff
>
> .....
>
> die "Mr Wizard the stateField $statefield unguarded";
>
> } # end of switch
>
> } else {
> # not in our state List
> }
There is only certain people that appeals to, not including myself. Those who like it
should
notice Damian Conway uses it in "Object Orientated Perl"...
> this way as the @state list grows or shrinks the one simply
> adds in one more switch statement....
What if there is HUNDREDS of items, then it'd be really slow. For a better approach
using hashes
then see what I did in:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/perl-beginner/message/9583
Remembering you can build your hash like:
my %hash = (
state1 => sub {
# Do something
},
state2 => sub {
# Do something
}
);
Jonathan Paton
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