Re: switch with range of comparisons

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From	"Peter H. Coffin" <hellsop@ninehells.com>
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Subject	Re: switch with range of comparisons
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On Mon, 13 Jan 2014 18:35:07 -0500, richard wrote:
> switch ($value){
>
> case "A">="Z";
>
>
> }
>
> Would this be allowed?

Allowed? Yes. Does it solve your problem? Probably not. That case will
never be executed unless $value contains something that evaluates to
false. As "A">="Z" does.

> What I want to do is to have one case for all 26 letters of the
> alphabet without having to use ||.

Back further up. Most ways of answering that question are probably
useless. What problem are you trying to solve?

-- 
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   hotel well outside my borders will work just as well.
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switch with range of comparisons richard <noreply@example.com> - 2014-01-13 18:35 -0500
  Re: switch with range of comparisons Scott Johnson <noonehome@chalupasworld.com> - 2014-01-13 16:14 -0800
  Re: switch with range of comparisons "Beauregard T. Shagnasty" <a.nony.mous@example.invalid> - 2014-01-14 00:30 +0000
    Re: switch with range of comparisons Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2014-01-14 01:36 +0000
  Re: switch with range of comparisons "Peter H. Coffin" <hellsop@ninehells.com> - 2014-01-13 18:54 -0600
  Re: switch with range of comparisons Doug Miller <doug_at_milmac_dot_com@example.com> - 2014-01-14 01:26 +0000
    Re: switch with range of comparisons bill <william@TechServSys.com> - 2014-01-14 06:38 -0500
  Re: switch with range of comparisons daniel@honestempire.com - 2014-01-22 14:44 -0800
  Re: switch with range of comparisons Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2014-01-23 00:18 +0000
    Re: switch with range of comparisons testmehere@gmail.com (Jason) - 2014-03-11 18:51 -0500

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