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AlanBell
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Jan 2, 2000, 6:02 PM

Post #1 of 2 (2142 views)

"or" statements	Can't Post

I couldn't believe I got two responses so quickly to my last question so here comes another.
I want to be able to "withdraw" valid numbers.
It is easy to do with just one number.

if ($number == 1003118)
{
print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";
print <<"EXIT";
<body bgcolor="ffffff">
This code is no longer valid.
EXIT
exit;
}

But how do I add other numbers to this? I thought that the following should have worked, but it didn't. Is there a limit on how long an expression can be?

if ($number == 1003118 or 1005121 or 1007126)
{
print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";
print <<"EXIT";
<body bgcolor="ffffff">
This code is no longer valid.
EXIT
exit;
}

One other matter. When I try and print an expression that includes "$", it doesn't print. I tried substituting "&36;" but this didn't work.
I feel as if the learning curve is just getting steeper!
Thanks again,
Alan

Borderline
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Jan 2, 2000, 7:16 PM

Post #2 of 2 (2142 views)

Re: "or" statements [In reply to]	Can't Post

As you are going to find during your studies of Perl TIMTOWTDI (Tere Is More Than One Way To Do It) and there always is.
One way would to store the numbers into an Array like this<BLOCKQUOTE>code:<HR>

@nums = (1003118, 1005121, 1007126);</pre><HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
You could populate that array in any number of ways and then just use a loop to go through the values like this<BLOCKQUOTE>code:<HR>

for $item(@nums) {
if ($number == $item) {
print "The code is not longer valid";
exit
}
}</pre><HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Or is you want to use the 'or' operator like you did and just hard code the numbers into the code<BLOCKQUOTE>code:<HR>

if (($number == 1003118) or
($number == 1005121) or
($number == 1007126))
{
print "The code is not longer valid";
exit
}</pre><HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
The ( ) around each comparison is not nesisary in this case but it makes it more readable.
As I said before I am sure you can find many ways to do these comparisons.

Have Fun!
Scott

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