question about ( () if () ) while ();

From: William M West (william_west_at_reyrey.com)
Date: 08/03/04 

To: beginners@perl.org
Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2004 10:16:21 -0400

$ perl -e ' $entry = "willy"; (print "1") if (/$entry/) while ($_ = "will");
print "0"'
syntax error at -e line 1, near ") while"
Execution of -e aborted due to compilation errors.

seperating the bits seems to work. it seems to break down when i want to
use the if statement in combination with the while.

using print to simulate return values.

perhaps i should abandon this idiom and use a normal

while () {
        if () {
        
        }
}

i am curious as to why this error crops up...

thanks,

willy
http://www.hackswell.com/corenth

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