Re: Translation selection advise

else you could use the given when feature depending on your perl version :

Update : I'm not sure whether this will work, can not recall the exact syntax and I dont have the right perl version on this machine to test itt

given ($language){
    when('fr'){
        $wind_translation='vent';
    }
    when('es'){
        $wind_translation='viento';
    }
}
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Re^2: Translation selection advise by Laurent_R (Canon) on Sep 04, 2015 at 08:33 UTC
Hm, although you sometimes have to do it (at least for simple cases with just a couple or so of alternatives), storing what is really reference data in conditionals within the code is usually rather poor practice and generally does not scale well. If I have to store reference data within the code, I very much prefer to store it all in a self-contained data structure such as a hash, or a HoH, or whatever suits best the needs, at least if possible. Although in the case in point, we were really thinking of storing reference data in a separate file (of DB, or whatever) and loading it in the program on demand. Another point is that the smartmatch operator and the `given ... when` conditional have been sort-of deprecated (well, marked "experimental feature") and will issue a warning as of 5.18, so there are really some caveats to using them.	[reply] [d/l]

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Re^2: Translation selection advise
by Laurent_R (Canon) on Sep 04, 2015 at 08:33 UTC

If I have to store reference data within the code, I very much prefer to store it all in a self-contained data structure such as a hash, or a HoH, or whatever suits best the needs, at least if possible. Although in the case in point, we were really thinking of storing reference data in a separate file (of DB, or whatever) and loading it in the program on demand.

Another point is that the smartmatch operator and the given ... when conditional have been sort-of deprecated (well, marked "experimental feature") and will issue a warning as of 5.18, so there are really some caveats to using them.

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