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Switch Case in Perl

By Chaitanya Singh | Filed Under: Perl

switch case is deprecated in Perl 5. If you are wondering why it got deprecated, here is the answer:
Switch case may create syntax errors in other parts of code. On perl 5.10.x may cause syntax error if “case” is present inside heredoc. In general, use given/when instead. It were introduced in perl 5.10.0. Perl 5.10.0 was released in 2007. Source.

However three new keywords: given, when and default got introduced in Perl 5 that provides functionality similar to switch case. This is how it looks:

given (argument) {
  when (condition) { statement(s); }
  when (condition) { statement(s); }
  when (condition) { statement(s); }
  .
  .
  .
  default { statement(s); }
}

Read more about given-when-default here with example.

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