Re: passing $_ to my function

Maybe something along the lines like:

sub my_sub {
    my $argument = shift || $_;
    # do things with $argument
}
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Be warned: I am not a Perl guru though

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Re: Re: passing $_ to my function by davorg (Chancellor) on Sep 30, 2002 at 12:15 UTC
That breaks if you pass an argument that evaluates as false. I'd do something like this: `sub my_sub { my $arg = @_ ? shift : $_; # do stuff }` [download] -- <http://www.dave.org.uk> "The first rule of Perl club is you do not talk about Perl club." -- Chip Salzenberg	[reply] [d/l]