Re: Checking string emptiness

if ( length $string ) {
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I believe that length is more efficient than using a string comparison.

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Re^2: Checking string emptiness by sleet (Monk) on Apr 04, 2025 at 22:23 UTC
It would need to be `length($string // '')` to avoid uninitialized value warnings.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: Checking string emptiness by ikegami (Patriarch) on Apr 05, 2025 at 00:01 UTC
Not since 5.12. `length undef` returns `undef` without warning since then.	[reply] [d/l] [select]