Re: What is this called: ($myvar->{otherid}) ? 'stringA' : 'stringB';

[R. Joseph Newton]

Jeff Kowalczyk wrote:

> I'm not yet able to read certain parts of perl code. What is this
> comparison/alternation after the hash lookup on 'otherid' called, and what
> does the code do?
>
> $myvar->{id} = ($myvar->{otherid}) ? 'stringA' : 'stringB';
>
> Thanks.

That is the conditional operator.

Joseph


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