WC -Sx- Jones wrote: > R. Joseph Newton wrote: > > > Although it is not necessary the meaning might be better expressed: > > my $n = (@$a > @$b ? @$a : @$b) > > Sorry for jumping in -
No problem. That's why this is a group. > You cannot compare two arrays that way and expect them to be numerically > different - if they are it may be a coincidence; consider for discussion: Well, actually, you can. Without the line-noise--and with some difference between the sizes to work on: Greetings! E:\d_drive\perlStuff>perl -w use strict; my $aarray = ['Start test', 'Mid test', 'Stop test']; my $barray = ['ABCDE 1234','T123 S456']; my $greater_count = (@$barray > @$aarray ? @$barray : @$aarray); my $lesser_count = (@$barray < @$aarray ? @$barray : @$aarray); print "Greater count was $greater_count\n"; print "Lesser count was $lesser_count\n"; ^Z Greater count was 3 Lesser count was 2 Joseph -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
