in reply to Re: Re^2: Concatenating strings with tabs between and returning the result
in thread Concatenating strings with tabs between and returning the result

Thanks, I always get bitten by that one. In this case you can also just switch the order of operands to disambiguate the meaning: 
$_ .= "\t" if 8 > length;

[download]

Makeshifts last the longest.

  • Comment on Re^4: Concatenating strings with tabs between and returning the result
  • Download Code

In Section Seekers of Perl Wisdom