* [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> How to find out whether the string contains null values or empty data.
>
> For example : I have one scalar variable $str and now I want to check
> whether it contains any data or not.
>
> What I did : If ($str eq "NULL" || $str eq " "){ print $str conatins
> nothing\n";}
Try this:
if (!defined $str || $str eq "") { ... }
Almost but not quite the same:
if (!$str) { ... }
Here the block will also be executed if the value of $str is 0.
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Lars Haugseth
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retract it, but also to deny under oath that I ever said it." -Tom Lehrer
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