in reply to PERL Conditionals

First off, if..elsif..else will not test every single condition. It will only test enough conditions to find the one that matches. So, if you have 
if ($x == 1) {
} elsif ($x == 2) {
} elsif ($x == 3) {
} else {
}

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and $x is set to 2, then only the first two conditions will be tested. The third will be ignored.

Second, you probably are looking for Switch.

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