I don't know why people want a verbatim 'switch' statement when you can use a for-statement.
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
{
    for (1..40) {
    print;
    ($_ % 3 == 0) && print q! fizz!;
    ($_ % 5 == 0) && print q! buzz!;
    ($_ % 7 == 0) && print q! sausage!;
    print "\n";
    }
}

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I generally use a for loop in conjunction with regular expression matches, like this trivial example:
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
{
    my @items = qw/The three principal virtues of a programmer are Laz
+iness, Impatience, and Hubris. See the Camel Book for why/;
    for (@items) {
    /^[A-Z]/ && do {
        print "Found a proper noun?  $_\n";
        next;
    };

    /[,.]/ && do {
        print "This word has punctuation:  $_\n";
        next;
    };

    print "This word seems uninteresting:  $_\n";
    }
}

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It has a lot of flexibility where you can mix and match parts and get real nice uses out of it. I've always used it fully and got very good results --without waiting for a proper switch statement.

"The three principal virtues of a programmer are Laziness, Impatience, and Hubris. See the Camel Book for why." -- `man perl`

In reply to Re: Perl 5.10: switch statement demo by LighthouseJ
in thread Perl 5.10: switch statement demo by talexb

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