Thanks! I've been trying to figure that out for hours! Now I actually
get it!
-Dave
On Tue, 14 Aug 2001 00:09:59 +0200, Paul Johnson wrote:
>On Mon, Aug 13, 2001 at 05:50:14PM -0400, David Rankin wrote:
>
>> #!/usr/bin/perl -w
>> use strict;
>> my $num=3;
>> my $nextnum;
>> $num==3 ? $nextnu
: "Paul Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "David Rankin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, August 13, 2001 4:09 PM
Subject: Re: Tertiary Operator Question
> On Mon, Aug 13, 2001 at 05:50:14PM -0400, David Rankin wrote:
>
> >
It's a precedence problem. I've been trying to parenthesize this according
to the precedence chart in "Programming Perl" but haven't been having any
luck. Maybe someone elses brain is working better than mine and can tell us
how this is being seen by Perl with parens!
If you put parens around t
On Mon, Aug 13, 2001 at 05:50:14PM -0400, David Rankin wrote:
> #!/usr/bin/perl -w
> use strict;
> my $num=3;
> my $nextnum;
> $num==3 ? $nextnum=4 : $nextnum="unknown" ;
> print $nextnum;
>
> It prints "unknown". I'd expect it to print "4" because $num==3 would
> evaluate to true.
You're bei
