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?
>
> TIA
>
> Dan
I don't know Dan, it looks like you already said it clearly in the first cnstruct
above. I would not discard that clarity
without good reason. Isn't it more important to say what you mean than to tuck it all
up tightly?
Joseph
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