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Or there's always the conditional (ternary) method:
(index( $fl,'1')!= -1) ? $flag=1 : $flag=0;

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Re: Re: Correct Syntax
by Sifmole (Chaplain) on Aug 09, 2002 at 12:40 UTC
    or you could do.. 
    $flag = (index( $f1,'1') == -1) ? 0 : 1;

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    Dumps the extra "$flag"s and the negative conditional. Actually uses the returned value from the ternary.
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      $flag = 0+(index( $f1,'1') != -1)
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