if ($some_id eq "somthing"){# beginning of some_id ... do lots of meaningful and impressive things here for my $i (0 .. 10){ do something brief here } } else { # else of some_id &a_really_descriptive_thingy; } # end of some_id .... sub a_really_descriptive_thingy { ....something fun happens here } # end of a_really_descriptive_thingy