# perhaps you want this 

my $cmd1 = 'This';
my $cmd2 = 'Is';
my $cmd3 = 'a';
my $cmd4 = 'test';

push @cmds, ( $cmd1, $cmd2, $cmd3, $cmd4 );
print "$_\n" for @cmds;

# or perhaps you want this

@cmds = qw( This is a test );
print "$_\n" for @cmds;

# or perhaps if you want commands that do something and can only be x 
+y z

my %command = (
   this => sub { print "Doing this!\n" },
   that => sub { print "Doint that!\n" },
   other=> sub { print "Doin' t' other brother!\n" },
   exit => sub { print "Goodbye!\n"; exit },
           );

my $cmd_list = join ', ', keys %command;

while (1) {
    print "Command ($cmd_list): ";
    chomp (my $do_it = <> );
    if ( $command{$do_it} ) {
        &{$command{$do_it}};
    } else {
        print "Don't know how to $do_it!\n";
    } 
}

__DATA__
C:\>perl test.pl
Command (other, this, that, exit): help
Don't know how to help!
Command (other, this, that, exit): other
Doin' t' other brother!
Command (other, this, that, exit): exit
Goodbye!

C:\>

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cheers

tachyon

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In reply to Re: Specifiying a Range for Variables? by tachyon
in thread Specifiying a Range for Variables? by dru145

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