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I've been bothered by code duplication when using exists many a time. Unfortunately, I've never ever found a satisfactory solution (and believe me, it's not for lack of trying).

Makeshifts last the longest.

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Re: Re: Shortening "$bar{foo} if exists $bar{foo}"?
by kelan (Deacon) on Oct 04, 2003 at 17:15 UTC

    How about this Perl6-ish way: 

    given %foo{bar} { .() if exists }

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    It's still about as much typing, though.

    kelan

    Perl6 Grammar Student

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