Re: Re^2: Formating a printf statement using a variable

Even better! Thank you! One less line and variable! I didn't know you could do that! ;-)

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Re^4: Formating a printf statement using a variable by Aristotle (Chancellor) on Jan 12, 2003 at 00:19 UTC
Yep, very handy when you have something like `my $type = $cond ? 'book' : 'module';` and want to print "books" or "modules": `print "${type}s";`. The straightforward `print "$types";` will have strict complaining about an unknown `$types`.. although the curlies are very ugly extra linenoise, so in some cases (like this one) I'd prefer to say `print $type . 's';` instead. But as with everything Perl: TMTOWTDI. `:)` Makeshifts last the longest.	[reply]

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my $type = $cond ? 'book' : 'module';

print "${type}s";

print "$types";

$types

print $type . 's';

:)

Makeshifts last the longest.