in reply to exiting a if loop

hows about: 
$check = TRUE if ((HOLIDAY) || ($time <= 1800));

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or 
((HOLIDAY) || ($time <= 1800)) ? $check = TRUE : $check = FALSE;

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;)

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RE: Re: exiting a if loop
by turnstep (Parson) on Jun 06, 2000 at 21:50 UTC

    Ah! A foul use of the beloved ternary test! 1 Don't put the lvalue in their twice. Do this instead: 2

    $check = $HOLIDAY || $time<=1800 ? "TRUE" : "FALSE";

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    [1] TIMTOWTDI, of course, I'm not saying it's "wrong", just inelegant :)

    [2] Note that the use of "or" instead of "||" would be wrong in this case, as ternary is higher than "or", but lower than "||", in precedence.

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[d/l]
      I concede that I did not make the best use of the ternary operator. oh well. now I know better.
      thanks for the tip Turnstep.
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