Mondo Monks,

What is the cleanest, most simple, way to do this:

If x='key_1', execute the following block of code for every key in %my_hash. But if x != 'key_1', execute that block of code for just that single key of %my_hash.

For example, this would do it, but it's clunky: 

%my_hash = (
    key_1 => $value_1,
    key_2 => $value_2,
    key_3 => $value_3,
    key_4 => $value_4,
    key_5 => $value_5
      );

foreach $key (keys %my_hash) {
     if ($x eq 'key_1' || $key eq $x) {
          do a bunch of stuff;
     }
}

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Thanks




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In reply to Loop once on condition 1, many times on cond. 2? by punch_card_don

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