On Sat, Mar 20, 2004 at 03:10:18PM -0600, JupiterHost.Net wrote:
> Howdy,
>
> I'm looking to have a one liner version of this:
>
> my $xid = '';
> $xid = param('xid') if param('xid') =~ m/^\d+$/;
>
> Basically, if the param is numeric then assign it to $xid, other wise ''
> (IE empty but declared) Some thing like:
>
> my $xid = param('xid') if param('xid') =~ m/^\d+$/ || '';
>
> But I know that that is not right, what am I missing?
>
> I could do the ? : ; dance but I'm not sure 'my' would stay in the scope
> I need it in.
That should be fine:
my $xid = param('xid') =~ m/^\d+$/ ? param('xid') : '';
I don't see any problems with the two line version, but you certainly
don't want
my $xid = param('xid') if ...
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