G'day thnksnw,

You can do what you want using a label. Here's an example: 

#!/usr/bin/env perl

use strict;
use warnings;

for (qw{1 two -3 3.4 zero 0}) {
    print "$_ is ", get_num_type($_), "\n";
}

sub get_num_type {
    my ($num) = @_;

    my $num_type;

    NUM_TYPE_TEST: {
        if ($num !~ /^-?\d+$/) {
            $num_type = 'non-integer';
            last NUM_TYPE_TEST;
        }

        if ($num < 0) {
            $num_type = 'negative';
            last NUM_TYPE_TEST;
        }

        if ($num == 0) {
            $num_type = 'zero';
            last NUM_TYPE_TEST;
        }

        if ($num > 0) {
            $num_type = 'positive';
            last NUM_TYPE_TEST;
        }
    }

    return $num_type;
}

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Output:

1 is positive
two is non-integer
-3 is negative
3.4 is non-integer
zero is non-integer
0 is zero

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Do note that this may not be the best course of action in your case; however, as you just posted a swathe of code out of context, I'm in no position to tell. I do see that you're splitting $input_line on a comma: if you're working with CSV files, consider using Text::CSV (which will run faster if you have Text::CSV_XS installed).

— Ken

In reply to Re: Best way to "Skip" a set of operations by kcott
in thread Best way to "Skip" a set of operations by thnksnw

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