my %switch; @switch{1..10} = (qw(L1 L2 L3 L4 L5 L6 L7 L8 L9 L10)); goto END_SWITCH unless exists $switch{$var}; goto $switch{$var}; L10: print "a" ; L9: print "b" ; L8: print "c" ; L7: print "d" ; L6: print "e" ; L5: print "f" ; L4: print "g" ; L3: print "h" ; L2: print "i" ; L1: print "j" ; END_SWITCH: # whatever