On Fri, 17 Apr 2009 22:02:37 -0500, Chap Harrison wrote: > > my $foo = ( defined $very_long_expression ? $very_long_expression : > "n/a" ); [...] > > At some point I thought I read about a shorter way to write this, that > did not involve repeating the $very_long_expression in the same > statement. Perhaps a special variable or something, acting sort of like > a pronoun. Anyone know of a shortcut? > > Thanks, > Chap Harrison > Perl 5.8.8
Well, if you're able to upgrade to 5.10: my $foo = $very_long_expression // "n/a"; -- Peter Scott http://www.perlmedic.com/ http://www.perldebugged.com/ http://www.informit.com/store/product.aspx?isbn=0137001274 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
