do
- do BLOCK
Not really a function. Returns the value of the last command in the sequence of commands indicated by BLOCK. When modified by a loop modifier, executes the BLOCK once before testing the loop condition. (On other statements the loop modifiers test the conditional first.)
do BLOCK
does not count as a loop, so the loop control statements
next
, last
, or redo
cannot be used to leave or restart the block.
See perlsyn for alternative strategies.