Kurzübersicht der Kontrollstrukturen

expr1 if expr2

expr1 unless expr2

expr1 while expr2

expr1 until expr2

expr1 foreach expr2

if (expr) { stmts }

      [ elsif (expr) { stmts } ... ]

      [ else { stmts } ]

unless (expr) { stmts }

      [ else { stmts } ]

[ label ] while (expr) { stmts } [ continue { stmts } ]

[ label ] until (expr) { stmts } [ continue { stmts } ]

[ label ] for ( [ expr ] ; [ expr ] ; [ expr ] ) { stmts }

[ label ] foreach [ var ] ( list ) { stmts }

[ label ] { stmts } [ continue { stmts } ]

goto [ label ]

last [ label ]

next [ label ]

redo [ label ]

do { stmts } while expr

do { stmts } until expr

Diese Tabelle wurde in etwas geänderter Form aus der Perl-Referenz von Johan Vromans übernommen.