Perl Control Flow
Conditionals and loops in Perl
If Statement
if ($x > 10) { # check condition
print "Greater\n";
} elsif ($x == 10) { # additional check
print "Equal\n";
} else { # default case
print "Less\n";
}
Unless Statement
unless ($error) { # if NOT condition
print "Success\n";
}
print "OK\n" unless $error; # postfix form
For Loop
for (my $i = 0; $i < 10; $i++) { # C-style for loop
print "$i\n";
}
Foreach Loop
foreach my $item (@array) { # iterate array
print "$item\n";
}
foreach (1..10) { # iterate range
print "$_\n"; # default variable $_
}
While Loop
while ($condition) { # repeat while true
# code
}
until ($condition) { # repeat until true
# code
}
Loop Control
last; # exit loop (like break)
next; # skip to next iteration (like continue)
redo; # restart current iteration