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I'm a bit confused as to why I am getting the above error in a subroutine. My sub starts out with...

1427 sub foo {
1428   my $args = shift;
1429
1430   if ($args->{err}) {
1431     print "There is a problem : $args->{err}\n";
1432   }
1433
1434   if ($args->{src} eq "commit") {
1435     print "I've got my sources!\n";
1436     print "I'm committed!\n"
1437       if (!$args->{err});
1438   }
1439 }
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The curious thing for me is that when I run my script, I get

Use of uninitialized value in string eq at ./pancho-ini line 1430.
I've got my sources!
I'm committed!
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I'm just not understanding why one test against $args->{err} seems to think it is a valid value, while the other, does not. I had thought that defined or exists would be the missing key for line 1430, but when I add either of them, line 1430 seems to prove 'true'

Thanks! -c

In reply to Use of uninitialized value in string by c

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