You have a few options, and which one you'll use depends on the nature of the conditional test, the actions you want to branch to, and the number of options, among other things. Here are a couple of examples:

First, a block method:

SWITCH: {
    $condition1 and do{ stuff(); last SWITCH; };
    $condition2 and do{ other(); last SWITCH; );
    default();
}
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Second, a hash table method:

my %options = ( key1 => \&sub1,
                key2 => \&sub2,
                key3 => \&sub3 );
$options{$condition}->();
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Those are two very common variants. But there are many others, due to Perl's flexibility. Check perlsyn for more info.

Dave, Thanks for the tip. I am looking into the hash table method. I just wanted to pass along that perldoc is STILL down.

perldoc.com gets a little flakey from time to time, for various reasons. Fortunately, if you have Perl, you have perldoc right on your own computer too. Try typing "perldoc perlintro", just for example. Also, with ActiveState Perl you have both the command line utility "perldoc", as well as an HTML version of the POD that is browsable with your favorite web browser.




Dave

if ($x == 1) {
} elsif ($x == 2) {
} elsif ($x == 3) {
} else {
}
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Second, you probably are looking for Switch.

Basically, there isn't one. Read perldoc -q switch:

      How do I create a switch or case statement?

       This is explained in more depth in the perlsyn.  Briefly, there
+'s no
       official case statement, because of the variety of tests possib
+le in
       Perl (numeric comparison, string comparison, glob comparison, r
+egex
       matching, overloaded comparisons, ...).  Larry couldn't decide 
+how best
       to do this, so he left it out, even though it's been on the wis
+h list
       since perl1.

      ...
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Relevant link

See How do I create a switch or case statement?

Although in Perl (note the spelling), there also is a goto,

you will probably be better off with subroutines and scope.

Cheerio, Sören