Currently, i have a conditional state as such: 
if ( $action eq 'new' )
{
 if (!$name)
 {
  &print_error;
 }
 else
 {
  &code_to_create_new();
 }
}

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&code_to_create_new, however, is not a subroutine - its a block of code. i'd like to try and figure out a way to handle the statement as such: 
if ( $action eq 'new' )
{
 if (!$name)
 {
  &print_error;
  ###?###
 }
 &code_to_create_new();
}

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where ###?### is some perl command that i do not know, that would behave like 'return' does, but affects the parent of the if statement

does this exist?

In reply to need advice on conditionals by nmerriweather

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