As I continue my journey towards enlightenment, I am finding myself wanting to try simpler but more unfamiliar ways of handling a task. Here's a simplified version my current task: could someone please tell me if this solution will work, or if I'm barking up the wrong tree?

I have a list of abbreviations that appear as part of a much longer filename, i.e. DNI,SNI,JRN, etc. Based on whether a particular combination appears anywhere in the filename, I have to call a corresponding color logo.

Where I might once have constructed a godawful succession of conditional statements, it occurred to me I might make a hash where that pattern to match is the key, and the call to the correct color logo is the value. But-- here my inexperience overwhelms me. It seems like I would still need a godawful set of conditionals to test for the presence of this key variable in the filename.

So, my question-- what would be the best way to handle or just think about this situation? At the least, I can write subroutines that check for the pattern match in the filename and do things accordingly. But it seems like there should be a cleaner way I haven't thought of.

Thanks for your time and patience.

Pax,
NovMonk