On Fri, 28 Sep 2001 21:27:48 +0200, Johan Vromans wrote: >Michael G Schwern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> so if $key does not exist you'll get 'some default' instead of undef. > >Except that a more common case is > > my $foo = $hash{foo} || 'some default'; > my $bar = $hash{bar} || 'some other default';
What about zero. Oh, wait, we're back at that "??" discussion again. -- Bart.