I need different equations depending on what page I'm on, so I devised

Well, you should test the code you "devise" before asking for help on it. It only takes a glance to see that won't even compile. You're missing a curly on your for loop and that else in else ($page > 2) would need to be an elsif. That's syntax... There's the logic error too. Even if that was an elsif you'd still be missing a case for $page == 1. You have cases for $page < 1 and $page eq 2 (which is another error, btw; it should be $page == 2). And that's ignoring the fact that your last case is exactly the same as your second one!

And all that aside, why would you need to special case pages 1 and 2? It seems to me that you are making a simple task far too hard.

Frankly, you aren't explaining yourself very well either and since you seem to have some command of idiomatic English, I don't think it is an ESL issue. If you can state your problem clearly and provide code that you've actually tried, I'm sure you'll be successfully helped. As things are now, you've posted essentially the same question twice, gotten a half dozen or more replies, and you seem to be no further along with your task.

-sauoq
"My two cents aren't worth a dime.";

In reply to Re: Re: Re: mathematical equation by sauoq
in thread mathematical equation by Anonymous Monk

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