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Re: Re: Did I match or didn't I? (boo)
by blakem (Monsignor) on Oct 18, 2001 at 00:33 UTC
    I don't think that works.... I parse that as: 
    ( my ($bar)=($foo=~m/(ello)/) ) or "default";

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    which wont work on a failed match.

    -Blake

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      Yea, we use || for defaults on the RHS of assignment all the time. E.g. $x= 0||5; print $x; works as expected. The || is done first, and the result of that is what gets assigned. I think he has the meanings of || and or backwards.
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