perhaps such a statement would suit: $var = defined $var ? $var : 10;
On Mon, 2003-02-03 at 09:37, Rob Dixon wrote: > "John W. Krahn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > > $var|=10; # like that if u want to set the variable to a default > value-- > > > # if the $var is not defined it assigns a value of 10 to > it. > > > > You need to use the ||= operator not the |= operator for that. > > ... and it will change $var to ten if it is already set to zero. > > Rob > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
