> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kevin Old [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2002 4:54 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Consolidate if/else
>
>
>
> Hello all,
>
> I'm trying to get this line to work
>
> (!$opt_Z) ? die "Must supply Market\n" : $mkt = $opt_Z;
You need parens because assignment is lower precedence than ternary:
(!$opt_Z) ? die "Must supply Market\n" : ($mkt = $opt_Z);
But the following is equivalent, but more readable:
$mkt = $opt_Z or die "Must supply Market\n";
(n.b. "or" is needed instead of "||", since it has super low precedence)
>
> and I keep getting compiler errors.
>
>
> Basically I'm trying to consolidate:
>
> if (!$opt_Z) {
> die "Must supply Market\n";
> } else {
> $mkt = $opt_Z;
> }
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