#!/usr/bin/perl use warnings; use strict; $SIG{__DIE__} = sub { print("The programm died: @_"); exit(-1); }; for my $word ( qw( foo bar bla baz ) ) { unless ($word eq 'foo' or $word eq 'bar' or $word eq 'baz') { die "word $word was found"; } print "word is $word\n"; }