Hello dotowwxo,

This sounds like a job for the flip-flop operator:

use strict;
use warnings;
use feature qw( state );

while (my $code = get_code())
{
    print "Send email re: http code $code\n" if $code != 404 .. $code 
+== 404;
}

sub get_code
{
    state $codes = [ 200, 200, 404, 404, 404, 404, 200, 200, 404, 404,
+ 200, ];

    return shift @$codes;
}
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Output:

13:10 >perl 1861_SoPW.pl
Send email re: http code 200
Send email re: http code 200
Send email re: http code 404
Send email re: http code 200
Send email re: http code 200
Send email re: http code 404
Send email re: http code 200

13:10 >
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The above is just a proof of concept, but adapting it to your actual code should be a straightforward exercise. References:

• perlop#Range-Operators
• Flipin good, or a total flop?

Hope that helps,

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