Consider a lookup table instead of nested if-else blocks:
my %lookup = ( 1 => { 90 => 'Win ME', 10 => 'Win 98', }, 2 => { 3 => 'Win NT 3.51', 4 => 'Win NT 4.0', 5 => { 0 => 'Win 2k', 1 => 'Win XP', }, }, ); my $os = $lookup{$id}->{$minor}; $os = $os->{$major} if $minor == 5; $os ||= 'Unknown Win32s flavor'; print "$os, $major.$minor\n";
UPDATE
Wow - demerphq showed me Determine Windows Type or Version. Just goes to show that both Mr. Muskrat and myself should have done a little searching first. ;)

demerphq++

jeffa

L-LL-L--L-LL-L--L-LL-L--
-R--R-RR-R--R-RR-R--R-RR
B--B--B--B--B--B--B--B--
H---H---H---H---H---H---
(the triplet paradiddle with high-hat)

In reply to (jeffa) Re: Which flavor of Win32? by jeffa
in thread Which flavor of Win32? by Mr. Muskrat

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