As McDarren mentioned, a dispatch table is probably the way to go, and you can make it as complex or as simple as you wish (depending on your data). See below for a couple of examples.

use strict; use warnings; my %dispatch = ( Job => \&job, File => \&file, Image => \&image, # Job => \&add_to_hash, # alternative to job/image subs ); my %job_details_info; my @files; foreach my $line ( 'Job line', 'File line', 'Image line' ) { # use a dispatch table if( $line =~ m/(Job|File|Image)/ ) { $dispatch{$1}->($line); } # group functionality if( $line =~ m/(Job|Image)/ ) { $job_details_info{$1} = $line; } elsif( $line =~ m/File/ ) { push @files, $line; } } sub job { my ( $line ) = @_; $job_details_info{Job} = $line; } sub file { my ( $line ) = @_; push @files, $line; } sub image { my ( $line ) = @_; $job_details_info{Image} = $line; } # you could combine the job and image subs into something like this sub add_to_hash { my ( $key, $line ) = @_; $job_details_info{$key} = $line; }


In reply to Re: Multiple If Selections by bobf
in thread Multiple If Selections by est

Title:
Use:  <p> text here (a paragraph) </p>
and:  <code> code here </code>
to format your post, it's "PerlMonks-approved HTML":



  • Posts are HTML formatted. Put <p> </p> tags around your paragraphs. Put <code> </code> tags around your code and data!
  • Titles consisting of a single word are discouraged, and in most cases are disallowed outright.
  • Read Where should I post X? if you're not absolutely sure you're posting in the right place.
  • Please read these before you post! —
  • Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags:
    a, abbr, b, big, blockquote, br, caption, center, col, colgroup, dd, del, details, div, dl, dt, em, font, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, ins, li, ol, p, pre, readmore, small, span, spoiler, strike, strong, sub, summary, sup, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr, tt, u, ul, wbr
  • You may need to use entities for some characters, as follows. (Exception: Within code tags, you can put the characters literally.)
            For:     Use:
    & &amp;
    < &lt;
    > &gt;
    [ &#91;
    ] &#93;
  • Link using PerlMonks shortcuts! What shortcuts can I use for linking?
  • See Writeup Formatting Tips and other pages linked from there for more info.