SWITCH: { $foo =~ tr/I/I/ == 1 && do { $bar = 'low'; last SWITCH; }; $foo =~ tr/I/I/ == 2 && do { $bar = 'med'; last SWITCH; }; $foo =~ tr/I/I/ == 3 && do { $bar = 'high'; last SWITCH; }; $bar = "drat"; }