Re: Remembering values from multiple condition 'if'

Hi,
besides the solution proposed by other monks, there is the following

use strict;
my @files = grep ($_,map  -e $_ && $_ , qw(foo foobar bar));
if (@files) {
  print "there are files\n";
  #here @files holds the names of the files
  print(join(",",@files),"\n");
}
else {
  print "no files\n";
}
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which places the existing file's names in an array.

cheers

Leo TheHobbit

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Re^2: Remembering values from multiple condition 'if' by Aristotle (Chancellor) on Jul 02, 2002 at 01:51 UTC
Argh, I'm out of votes. Consider yourself ++ed. Just a question though, why don't you just do like so? `my @files = grep -e, qw(foo foobar bar);` `____________` Makeshifts last the longest.	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Re^2: Remembering values from multiple condition 'if' by TheHobbit (Pilgrim) on Jul 02, 2002 at 19:53 UTC
Hi, Well, with that grep, @files will end up containing only ones, and you'll not even be able to sort out exactly 'which' files where there... Cheers Leo TheHobbit	[reply]
Re^4: Remembering values from multiple condition 'if' by Aristotle (Chancellor) on Jul 02, 2002 at 19:58 UTC
Actually, no - that would happen if I were using `map`. `grep` doesn't return the value of the expression, it returns the original element if the expression evaluates to true. Observe: `$ touch a b e ; perl -le'@f=grep -e, qw(a b c d e f); print "@f"' a b e` [download] `____________` Makeshifts last the longest.	[reply] [d/l]