> Use 'defined'. If the scalar contains an empty string, defined will return false.
>
> if ( defined $somevar ) {
> # $somevar might still be an empty string!
> }
>
> Cheers,
> Curtis "Ovid" Poe
Whoops!
I meant "defined will return true", not "defined will return false" :)
Cheers,
Curtis "Ovid" Poe
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