seems ilke a loop to me. untested code ahead:
my @host = qw[ 192.168.15.2 192.168.16.2 192.168.17.2 192.168.18.2 ];
my $stout;
my $counter = 0;

while ($stout = run($host[$counter])) {
  last unless $stout == 256;
  if ($counter < $@host) {
    print "$host[$counter] not responding, trying $host[$counter+1]\n"
+;
    $counter++;
  } else {
    print "$host[$counter] not responding, no more hosts to try.\n";
    last;
  }
}

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just a side note, "$stout == '256'" forces perl to take the string 256 and make it into a number - the quotes are useless there.

-- zigdon

In reply to (z) Re: Not Using So Many 'if' Statements by zigdon
in thread Not Using So Many 'if' Statements by Dru

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