C:\test>perl sub iter{ warn join '|', caller; return int rand 3 } for(1 .. 10) { if( iter() == 0 ) { print 'first'; } elsif( iter() == 1 ) { print 'second'; } else { print 'third'; } } ^Z main|-|3 at - line 1. main|-|3 at - line 1. main|-|3 at - line 1. main|-|3 at - line 1. main|-|3 at - line 1. main|-|3 at - line 1. main|-|3 at - line 1. main|-|3 at - line 1. main|-|3 at - line 1. main|-|3 at - line 1. main|-|3 at - line 1. main|-|3 at - line 1. main|-|3 at - line 1. main|-|3 at - line 1. main|-|3 at - line 1. main|-|3 at - line 1. main|-|3 at - line 1. main|-|3 at - line 1. thirdthirdthirdthirdfirstthirdsecondthirdfirstthird