On Tue, 17 Jul 2001, Tyler Longren wrote:
> How do I do:
> if ($something == "") {
> # do something
> }
>
> in perl?
You can do it that but use ne instead == (that's for numeric values only),
but since an empty string returns false in a boolean context, you can say:
if(!$something) {
#...
}
or, if you want to make sure $something has a defined value:
if(!(defined($something)) {
#...
}
-- Brett
http://www.chapelperilous.net/btfwk/
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