On Tue, Feb 24, 2004 at 07:41:46PM +0100, Anthony Vanelverdinghe ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi > > is it possible to give a default value to the input you're asking? I tried > the code below but this didn't work. > > $URL = "http://"; > chomp ($URL = $URL.<>);
I've set up a default variable like the following but can't vouch for it being the proper way to do so. my $new_uid ||= '700'; # default to 700 if it doesn't exist. Kent -- "Efficiency is intelligent laziness." -David Dunham -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>