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#given EXPR BLOCK

#given BLOCK

given is analogous to the switch keyword in other languages. given and when are used in Perl to implement switch/case like statements. Only available after Perl 5.10. For example:

use v5.10;
given ($fruit) {
 when (/apples?/) {
 print "I like apples."
 }
 when (/oranges?/) {
 print "I don't like oranges."
 }
 default {
 print "I don't like anything"
 }
}

See "Switch statements" in perlsyn for detailed information.

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