On Feb 4, Brett W. McCoy said:
>On Mon, 4 Feb 2002, david wright wrote:
>
>> i can't use the ternary operator like this? (damn waste if not) thanks.
>>
>> foreach $dup (@array){
>> (-d $dup) ? print "yes: $dup \n": print "no: $dup \n";
>> )
>
>Yes, that is an incorrect way to use the ?: operator -- the operataor is
>handed an expression that yields a boolean value, and it returns a value
>based on what that boolean value is:
That's not to say his use is incorrect.
EXPR ? EXPR : EXPR
His code fits...
(-d $dup) ? (print "yes: $dup\n") : (print "no: $dup\n")
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