Hi Tom,
This is because of operator precedence, && is higher then =. What you
are effectively saying is
@f = (`cat nonExistentFile` && 1==1)
when you probably want
(@f = `cat nonExistentFile`) && 1==1
The code you have ends up assigning to @f an array with a single
element, the empty string. This then evaluates to true in the
conditional statement.
-Jason
On 1/28/07, tom arnall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
the following script:
if (@f = `cat nonExistentFile` ) {
print 1;
}
if (@f = `cat nonExistentFile` && (1==1)) {
print 2;
}
gets:
cat: nonExistentFile: No such file or directory
cat: nonExistentFile: No such file or directory
2
seems to me both print statements should be skipped. what am i missing?
tom arnall
north spit, ca
"Relax, the tests extend the compiler."
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