Good Afternoon Monks!
I am trying to accomplish the following in a more automated fashion. My code is below and here is the question: Based on if the truck is filled with which ever commodity I would like the second field to be automatically filled in with either being loaded or emptied. 

print "==============\n\n";
print "| COMMODITY: |\n\n";
print "==============\n\n";

my $cmmdty = <STDIN>;
$cmmdty = <STDIN> until defined $cmmdty;
chomp $cmmdty;
cls();

print "====================\n\n";
print "| LOADED OR EMPTY: |\n\n";
print "====================\n\n";

my $lore = <STDIN>;
$lore = <STDIN> until defined $lore;
chomp $lore;
cls();

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I know I need an if statement like below: 

if ($cmmdty eq 'NONE') {
print "E"\n";
} elsif {
print "L"\n;
}

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Am I on the right track? I just need to be guided on to where to put the code to get the desired output I am looking for. Thanks in advance!

In reply to Auto Fill by PilotinControl

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