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basic perl if, elseif, else statements

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19Mar04 Matt	Subject: basic perl if, elseif, else statements I am new to perl, trying a tutorial on if elseif else statements, copying right from a book example. I'm getting an error on the line elseif ($guess < $im_thinking_of) { print "you guessed wrong" it says it's "near ) {" but that's all.
20Mar04 Will [Email]	In response to: basic perl if, elseif, else statements Matt, there's not enough code in your example to see if there might be anything else awry, but you might try changing elseif to elsif Note that you can post code on this bulleting board by putting it between PRE tags.

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19Mar04

Matt

Subject: basic perl if, elseif, else statements

I am new to perl, trying a tutorial on if elseif else statements, copying right from a book example. I'm getting an error on the line

elseif ($guess < $im_thinking_of) {
print "you guessed wrong"
it says it's "near ) {" but that's all.

20Mar04

Will

[Email]

In response to: basic perl if, elseif, else statements

Matt, there's not enough code in your example to see if there might be anything else awry, but you might try changing

elseif

elsif

Note that you can post code on this bulleting board by putting it between PRE tags.