-----Original Message----- From: Bryan R Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2006 4:43 PM To: Beginners Perl Subject: Re: defaults
> <snip> > > Take this (lame) example of an RSVP to an invitation: > > ************************************** > $_ = "Bill, 3"; # name, number of folks attending (optional, defaults to > 1) > ($name,$numfolks) = m/([^,]+),?\s*(\d*)/; > $numfolks ||= 1; > ************************************** > > This works fine unless Bill enters "Bill, 0" (trying to say that he's not > coming). Is there another way to write that so it gets the zero? How about $numfolks = 1 unless defined($numfolks); -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
