Dan Muey wrote:
> Howdy list.
> I'm trying to one lineify this:
>
> my $guts = $firstchoice || '';
> if(!$guts && $use_second_choice_if_first_is_empty) { $guts =
> $secondchoice; }
>
> Basically
> my $guts = $firstchoice || $secondchoic || '';
> Would be perfect except I only want to let it use
> $seconchoice if $use_second_choice_if_first_is_empty has a true value.
> This does not work like I want but illustrates the goal if
> you read it our loud.
> my $guts = $firstchoice || $secondchoic if
> $use_second_choice_if_first_is_empty || '';
>
> Is that possible to do with one line?
$first || ($use_second && $second) || '';
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