Re: given and for


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Re: given and for

by 2teez (Chaplain)

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on Aug 21, 2012 at 10:13 UTC ( #988683=note: print w/ replies, xml )

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Hi,

given and when are analogous to switch and case in other languages. Please, see subheading " Switch Statements " under documentation perlsyn for more details.

Comment on Re: given and for
Re^2: given and for by GlitchMr (Sexton) on Aug 21, 2012 at 10:17 UTC
I know that they are analogous, but that wasn't what I asked. I asked why Perl has `given` when `for` can also be used for this.	[reply] [d/l] [select]