#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; use Carp; my $foo; my $fum="testing"; "$fum" && 0; "$foo" && 0; print "$fum $foo\n"; #### #!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; use Carp; my $foo; my $fum="testing"; my $f_foo = defined $foo ? $foo : ''; my $f_fum = defined $fum ? $fum : ''; print "$f_fum $f_foo\n";