Re: testing for the zero length string (blank value) in cgi fields

A number of people have pointed out your problems with quotes, but no-one has yet simplified your test. If you change it to

if (param($neg)) {
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then you'll cover the case where the value isn't set, but also the case where the input doesn't exist.

Update: blakem is absolutely right!

"The first rule of Perl club is you don't talk about Perl club."

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Re: Re: testing for the zero length string (blank value) in cgi fields by blakem (Monsignor) on Oct 25, 2001 at 00:08 UTC
That's inverted... I think you mean: `unless (param($neg)) { # or if (!param($neg)) {` [download] -Blake	[reply] [d/l]