Re^5: flip flop operator and if statement

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Re^6: flip flop operator and if statement by iThunder (Beadle) on Sep 20, 2014 at 08:07 UTC
it prints 3 for every iteration i.e. `#!/usr/bin/perl ##use warnings; while(<>){ if(($p=3)..5) { print "p is $p\n"; } }` [download] p is 3 p is 3 p is 3 p is 3 p is 3 p is 3 p is 3 p is 3 p is 3 p is 3 p is 3 p is 3 p is 3 p is 3 p is 3 p is 3 p is 3 p is 3 p is 3	[reply] [d/l]
Re^7: flip flop operator and if statement by LanX (Saint) on Sep 20, 2014 at 08:11 UTC
In this code you are obviously always assigning 3. What's the problem? Cheers Rolf _{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language and ☆☆☆☆ :)}	[reply]
Re^8: flip flop operator and if statement by iThunder (Beadle) on Sep 20, 2014 at 17:54 UTC
Hi Rolf, i am trying to understand how these two statements if($p=3..5) vs if(($p=3)..5) are interpreted inside while loop of the code? Thanks	[reply]
Re^9: flip flop operator and if statement by Anonymous Monk on Sep 20, 2014 at 18:35 UTC