[Tutor] Perl refugee

[Sean 'Shaleh' Perry]

> 
> So will i have to use a bunch of cludgy if/then statements, or is there
> something more elequent...
> 
>   if subval > "0001"  and subval < "0010" :
>      <filecopyingsteps>
>  elif subval > "0009"  and subval < "0020" :
>      <filecopyingsteps>
> ........
> 

(like perl has a case statement? well, 6 will ....)

Yes you can use the if statement, this is standard practice.  The other option
is to store the info in a dictionary and key off the dictionary.  This works
for menus and the like, it may not here because you are using a range.

BTw a nifty python ism is:

if "0001" < subval < "0010": foo