This kind of thing can be okay for progressive checking. I normal dislike this style of code/logic but it seems a good fit for this kind of problem.

if ( $range > 500 )
{
    WAT_OP();
}
elsif ( $range >= 425 )
{
    some_op();
}
elsif ( $range > 400 )
{
    some_other_op();
}
elsif ( $range > 300 )
{
    exit 0;
}
else
{
    complete_tree_op();
}

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You can also do something more dispatchy–

my @action_tree = ( { test => sub { $_[0] >= 300 && $_[0] <= 400 },
                      action => sub { print "GUDNITES\n"; CORE::exit(0
+) } },
                    { test => sub { $_[0] >= 425 && $_[0] <= 500 },
                      action => sub { print "OHAI\n" } } );

while ( my $signal = <SIGNAL_SOURCE> )
{
    $_->{test}->($signal) && $_->{action}->() for @action_tree;
}

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I'm not advocating either, or that second style of terseness, or any style or approach for that matter. Just expanding the library of options. :P

In reply to Re^3: Match Numeric Range by Your Mother
in thread Match Numeric Range by PilotinControl

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