G'day virtuemart2,

Unfortunately, your post is ambiguous. This is an instance where case is important. Are you talking about switch (lowercase), as you've written twice as "switch statement"; or, are you talking about Switch (uppercase), a module you've shown two links for?

The 'Switch' Module

• This module was deprecated in 5.12.0 - see "perl5120delta: Deprecated Modules".
• It was removed from the core distribution in 5.14.0 - see "perl5140delta: Removed Modules and Pragmata".
• It is still available on CPAN - see "Switch".

The 'switch' Feature

• This was introduced in 5.10.0 - see "perl5100delta: Switch and Smart Match operator".
• It provided three new keywords: given, when and default. Together, they can be used to write a switch statement.
• It is highly experimental! It is subject to change with little notice and, as such, is not suitable for production code - see "perlsyn: Experimental Details on given and when".

Your Original Question

As explained, the ambiguous nature of your question means I don't really know exactly what you're asking. However, by way of an answer, here's another question: "Why don't you try it yourself and see?"

[Aside: Please see "What shortcuts can I use for linking to other information?" to post actual links instead of URLs as text.]