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in reply to Re^2: given/when one case prefixes another
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> The short amount of code and large about of local variables involved makes that awkward.

why?

for ( 1..2,"a".."b") { ifnum(); ifchar(); print "\n" } sub ifnum { if (/1/) { print } elsif (/2/) { print } else { return } print " is number"; } sub ifchar { print && goto CONT if /a/; print && goto CONT if /b/; return; CONT: print " is character"; }

OUTPUT:

1 is number 2 is number a is character b is character

Cheers Rolf

UPDATE: changed ifnum() to elsif-clauses.

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