Sorry for not being completely clear before but i just wanted to know if there was a better way to do it than a whole lot if if statements. But i still thank you for taking the time to reply. Origonal post: Dear Perl Monks, I am new to perl programming and currently writing my first useful program but i am having a problem trying to make a "command prompt" I cant seem to find a better way to do it than this:

sub more { print "more()\n" }
sub fallover { print "fallover()\n" }

print "Welcome to johns fun house\n";
print " : ";
my $command=<>;
chomp $command;

if ($command eq "fun") {
    more;
}

if ($command eq "laugh") {
    fallover;
}
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Also, i would like to offer more than just two options.I have searched many tutorials searching for an awnser and havn't found one so your help is greatly appreciated...

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