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Re^3: Output Repeats in the elsif statement

by Kenosis (Priest)
on Feb 13, 2013 at 22:04 UTC ( [id://1018644]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re^2: Output Repeats in the elsif statement
in thread Output Repeats in the elsif statement

Ah! Just use else:

else { printf("CAR RECORD NOT FOUND"); }

As your if tests for the record...

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Re^4: Output Repeats in the elsif statement
by PilotinControl (Pilgrim) on Feb 14, 2013 at 02:28 UTC

    changing the line to } else { did not work all it did was create this: http://65.40.136.120/~files/error.jpg which is the output I get and all i need it to say is Car Record Not Found once not multiple times

      Hello PilotinControl,

      The output “Car Record Not Found” appears multiple times because it is within a loop. You need to change the logic to something like this (untested):

      my $found = 0; foreach my $carroadnameverify2 (@lines) { if ($carroadnameverify2 =~ /$carroadnameverify/) { printf " %-13s %-15s %-12s %0s", split(/:/, $car +roadnameverify2); $found = 1; last; } } print "CAR RECORD NOT FOUND" unless $found;

      (This assumes that each car record appears no more than once in the input file. If this is not the case, remove the last; statement from within the if clause.)

      Hope that helps,

      Athanasius <°(((><contra mundum Iustus alius egestas vitae, eros Piratica,

      ...all i need it to say is Car Record Not Found once not multiple times...

      You have the following:

      ... foreach my $carroadnameverify2 (@lines) { if ( $carroadnameverify2 =~ /$carroadnameverify/ ) { my $format = " %-13s %-15s %-12s %0s"; printf( "$format", split /\:/, "$carroadnameverify2" ); } else { printf("CAR RECORD NOT FOUND"); } } # END FILE LOOP ...

      Indeed, if you have 10 non-matches within the foreach loop, "CAR RECORD NOT FOUND" will be printed 10 times. It seems, however, that you may be looking for something like the following:

      ... my $found = 0; foreach my $carroadnameverify2 (@lines) { if ( $carroadnameverify2 =~ /$carroadnameverify/ ) { my $format = " %-13s %-15s %-12s %0s"; printf( "$format", split /\:/, "$carroadnameverify2" ); $found = 1; } } # END FILE LOOP printf("CAR RECORD NOT FOUND") if !$found; ...

      This just uses $found as a flag; if it's not set (i.e., if the item wasn't found in the array), the "CAR RECORD NOT FOUND" message is printed only once.

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