> 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) || '';
>
Short and sweet! Thanks Bob!
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