New to Perl - Question about using &&

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

I'm new to Perl, and I'm trying to use an 'if' statement, but it's not working. I want it to execute the block of code as long as $condition is not equal to "SN" and not equal to "SU". What is wrong with my code here? Thanks. :D

if !($condition eq "SN") && if !($condition eq "SU")
{
    #Code
}
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Re: New to Perl - Question about using && by broquaint (Abbot) on May 30, 2002 at 12:12 UTC
Both conditions need to be in one set of parentheses e.g `if($condition ne 'SN' && $condition ne 'SU') { ... } # of if you like your regexes if($condition !~ /^S[UN]$/) { ... }` [download] For more info on perl's syntax check out the `perlsyn` manpage. HTH `_________ broquaint`	[reply] [d/l]
Re: New to Perl - Question about using && by LTjake (Prior) on May 30, 2002 at 12:12 UTC
Hello, I would prefer to use: `if (($condition ne 'SN') && ($condition ne 'SU')) { #Code }` [download] rather than using the bang before your paren. Also, I should note that you don't need to write the "if" part twice. As you can see by my code i use only one if(___) and inside those, bracket off each condition i'm checking. Cheers, -Brian Note: after reading broquaint's post, I too should have linked to perlsyn.	[reply] [d/l]
Re: New to Perl - Question about using && by Anonymous Monk on May 30, 2002 at 12:22 UTC
Thank you very much for your help :D	[reply]