> Specifically, http://perldoc.perl.org/perlop.html#Conditional-Operator
>
> '?:' is otherwise known as the 'ternary conditional operator' -- if
> you don't know that bit of esoterica, finding the right documentation
> is a lot harder. 8^)
Thank you, everyone! It's a lot clearer to me n
On Mon, 18 Nov 2013 12:14:05 -0800
Angela Barone wrote:
> Could someone explain the format of the following line and how to
> read it?
>
> $name = $fieldname =~ /\[(.*?)\]/ ? $main::global->{'form'}->{$1} :
> $out;
It means:
if( $fieldname =~ /\[(.*?)\]/ ){
$name = $main::global->{'form
On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 12:34 PM, John W. Krahn wrote:
>> Also, is there something in the perl man pages about it?
>
>
> Yes. You probably want perlop?
Specifically, http://perldoc.perl.org/perlop.html#Conditional-Operator
'?:' is otherwise known as the 'ternary conditional operator' -
Angela Barone wrote:
Hello,
Hello,
Could someone explain the format of the following line and how to read
it?
$name = $fieldname =~ /\[(.*?)\]/ ? $main::global->{'form'}->{$1} : $out;
Do the contents of $fieldname match the pattern /\[(.*?)\]/? If they do
then assign $main::g
