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!

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

Your welcome!

And don't worry, you aren't the only one. I still do this every now and again. Actually, nearly everytime I type an elsif it comes out as  else if or elif when I first type it. It's become almost automatic to go back and correct it as I go, before I ever attempt to run the code.

Human brains are weird things. It seems to take an age to learn something, but un-learning it is oh, so much harder.