You can do it with a regex: if($x =~ /^[XYZ]$/){ do something... } or if($x =~ /^(X|Y|Z)$/){ do something... } -----Original Message----- From: Dennis G. Wicks [mailto:wix@eskimo.com] Sent: Monday, March 04, 2002 11:34 AM To: beginners@perl.org Subject: Comparing to many possibles Greetings; Is there some perl shorthand that will make it easier to say if ( $x eq 'X' || $x eq 'Y' || $x eq 'Z' ) TIA, Dennis -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscribe@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-help@perl.org -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This email may contain confidential and privileged material for the sole use of the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and delete all copies.Thread Previous | Thread Next