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Re: Error messages point to wrong line number in if-elsif constructby ikegami (Patriarch) |
| on Dec 21, 2004 at 22:31 UTC ( [id://416644]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
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elsif doesn't start a statement. It's part of an if statement. In this case, it's telling you that the error is in the statement that started at line 7. I don't know why it's not more precise, but I'm sure changing it would involve extreme changes to perl's guts.
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