> sorry for offtopic
next time, use comp.lang.perl.misc
> silly question
no such thing
> friend of mine just learning perl has asking me what does
> 'string'; means. Perl seems just silently ignores this
> 'statement' No warning, no action. Is it a known feature ?
In perl and C, an expression can be a statement. For example,
b = c + d
is an expression since one can say
a = (b = c + d)
but it can also be used as a statement. Similarly,
'string'
and
e++
are expressions and therefore can be used in other expressions and as
standalone statements.
ELB
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