Richard Lee wrote: > Dr.Ruud wrote: >> Richard Lee schreef: >> >> >>> While reading perl cookbook, I came to page 94 and having a hard time >>> understanding this particular phrase >>> >>> my $sepchar = grep( /,/ => @_ ) ? ";" : ","; >>> >> Shortcutting alternative: >> >> my $sepchar = ","; >> for (@_) { /,/ and $sepchar = ";" and last } >> >> but (unless @_ is quite big) the grep alternative is likely to be >> faster. >> >> > I understood the original but I am not so sure of your solution?? > > Can you write it out completely so that I can try it out?
It's equivalent to: my $sepchar = ','; foreach (@_) { if (/,/) { $sepchar = ';'; last; } } And IMO is much better written that way. HTH, Rob -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/