I'm confused as to how to evaluate whether or not the value of a variable is between two numbers OR is equal to some string. I can evaluate either condition, but not both. Here's what I've got, so far: 

my $validExp = 0;
    while (!$validExp)
    {
        print
          "When would you like this account to expire? Enter N days \(
+between 90 and 365\) or never\n";
        chomp($expire = <>);
       
        if ($expire ge 90 && $expire le 365)
        {
            print "account will expire in: $expire days\n";
            $validExp = 1;
        }
        elsif
        ($expire eq "never")
        {
        print "account will expire: $expire\n";
                    $validExp = 1;
        }
        else
        {
            print
              "Invalid entry. Enter N days \(between 90 and 365\) or n
+ever\n";
        }
       
    }

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In reply to Is "N" ge 90 && le 365 or does "N" = <string>? by blink

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