Wc -Sx- Jones wrote: > > Oliver Schnarchendorf wrote: > > By false I mean it isn't set to 1 which equals true. > > These are false (or undefined) - > > 0 > "0" > "" > NULL
Perl doesn't have a NULL symbol, you probably meant undef. > Just about everything else is true: > > 1 or greater -1 or less > "00" > "any string" Note that a string in numerical context evaluates to 0 which is false. John -- use Perl; program fulfillment -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>