--- On Thu, 10/16/08, sanket vaidya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> From: sanket vaidya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: RE: if condition question
> To: beginners@perl.org
> Date: Thursday, October 16, 2008, 6:12 AM
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chas. Owens [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2008 2:36 PM
> To: sanket vaidya
> Cc: beginners@perl.org
> Subject: Re: if condition question
>
> On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 04:54, sanket vaidya
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> snip
> > Now when I write the same if condition in program as
> below, I get warning
> > along with output.
> snip
> > $string eq "test" ? print
> "correct" : "";
> snip
> > Useless use of constant in void context at line 5.
> snip
>
> >What the ternary operator* is saying is roughly
> equivalant to
>
> >if ($string eq "test") {
> print "correct"
> >} else {
> ""
> >}
>
> >>That empty string by itself is what is causing the
> warning. What you
> really want to say is
>
> >>print $string eq "test" ?
> "correct" : "";
>
> How can I write
>
> if ($string eq "test") {
> print "correct"
> } else {
> die "others"
> }
>
> In above way?
$string eq "test" ? print "correct" : die "others";
But I don't think this is a recommended syntax.
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