Help with IF statement for 2 matching conditions.

Doozer has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hi,

I want to create an if statement where 2 individual variables are matched before action is taken.

To clarify what I want to do, I run a series of tests in different internet browsers on different operating systems. I need to define in my script that when the variable $host matches "MAC" AND the variable $browser matches "Internet Explorer", the script needs to skip the tests because IE does not run on MAC. My first thoughts are it would look something like this:

if ($host =~ /mac/,
    $browser eq "iexplore") {
# skip tests;
} else {
# run tests as normal;
}
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I think the above statement is actually an if / or statement though.

Any help would be much appreciated.

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Re: Help with IF statement for 2 matching conditions. by Athanasius (Archbishop) on Nov 26, 2012 at 13:22 UTC
Sounds like you’re looking for logical AND, which is `&&` (or its lower-precedence version `and`): `if ($host =~ /mac/ && $browser eq 'iexplore') { ...` [download] Hope that helps, Athanasius <°(((>< contra mundum	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: Help with IF statement for 2 matching conditions. by Doozer (Scribe) on Nov 26, 2012 at 13:26 UTC
Wow what quick responses! Thanks a lot. I thought it must have been something simple but I couldn't find anything on the web, probably because I was searching for the wrong statement. Cheers!	[reply]
Re^3: Help with IF statement for 2 matching conditions. by Anonymous Monk on Nov 26, 2012 at 13:37 UTC
perlintro, perlsyn, Tutorials, http://perl-tutorial.org, Modern Perl, Perl documentation documentation, Searching Perl Documentation, How to Read The Fine Manual	[reply]
Re^3: Help with IF statement for 2 matching conditions. by gepebril69 (Scribe) on Nov 26, 2012 at 13:57 UTC
The building blocks in Perl are easy and powerful. With those blocks you can make very complex functionality. Good luck coding and automating the world!	[reply]
Re: Help with IF statement for 2 matching conditions. by McA (Priest) on Nov 26, 2012 at 13:21 UTC
Hi the solution is in your own text: ... AND ... Best regards McA PS.: http://perldoc.perl.org/perlop.html#Logical-And	[reply]
Re: Help with IF statement for 2 matching conditions. by Anonymous Monk on Nov 26, 2012 at 21:42 UTC
`next if (($host =~ /mac/) && ($browser =~ /iexplore/));` Don't get fancy-pants here ... be clear.	[reply]
Re^2: Help with IF statement for 2 matching conditions. by Anonymous Monk on Nov 27, 2012 at 07:50 UTC
There is nothing fancy or unclear about and	[reply]