On Mon, Feb 03, 2003 at 11:57:29AM +1100, simran wrote: > 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. > > perhaps such a statement would suit: > > $var = defined $var ? $var : 10;
It probably sits better with something like: $var = 10 unless defined $var; But 5.10 will (probably) introducde the // operator which will allow you to say: $var //= 10; just like Perl 6 (will). -- Paul Johnson - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pjcj.net -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
