in reply to i cant see whats wrong with this:

Wrong language!

Perl uses if(cond) {block} elsif (cond) { block } else { block }

See perlman:perlsyn.

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Re: Re: i cant see whats wrong with this:
by Anonymous Monk on Aug 30, 2002 at 09:01 UTC
    really? i used the  if(cond){block}else if(...){...} construction in several perlscripts and there, they worked just fine.
    but i'll try it your way. thx...
    --> it seems to work....
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      Directly from perlman:perlsyntax manual. 

      The following compound statements may be used to control flow:

    if (EXPR) BLOCK
    if (EXPR) BLOCK else BLOCK
    if (EXPR) BLOCK elsif (EXPR) BLOCK ... else BLOCK
    LABEL while (EXPR) BLOCK
    LABEL while (EXPR) BLOCK continue BLOCK
    LABEL for (EXPR; EXPR; EXPR) BLOCK
    LABEL foreach VAR (LIST) BLOCK
    LABEL foreach VAR (LIST) BLOCK continue BLOCK
    LABEL BLOCK continue BLOCK

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      Do you see a syntax diagram for

      if(cond){...} else if(cond) {...} else {...} there anywhere?

      Sorry! I don't know what language you were using, but it wasn't Perl!

      Well It's better than the Abottoire, but Yorkshire!
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        you're right,

        i used this syntax, due to my c++ and java knowledge (although there would be a switch - case statement in use...).
        i believed that i got this structure also in other perlscripts.
        as i checked it, i saw, that i've had this prob earlier and solved it with a rather ineffective workaround...

        thanks again, now it works just fine!
        m.t.minded
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