> if (defined $x and length $x) So, is this the opposite?
if (! defined $x and length $x) or do I have to parenthesis if (! (defined $x and length $x)) -rkl > On Oct 2, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > >>To recap, I want to test if a var is undefined or ''. >> >> if(undefined $x && length($x)==0) > > There IS no 'undefined' function in Perl, and you don't want to use &&, > you'd want to use ||, since the empty string "" IS defined. > > if (not defined($x) or length($x) == 0) { > # it's undef OR "" > } > > Or, do it the other way: > > if (defined $x and length $x) { > # it's NOT undef, and it's NOT "" > } > > -- > Jeff "japhy" Pinyan [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pobox.com/~japhy/ > RPI Acacia brother #734 http://www.perlmonks.org/ http://www.cpan.org/ > <stu> what does y/// stand for? <tenderpuss> why, yansliterate of course. > [ I'm looking for programming work. If you like my work, let me know. ] > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]