in reply to Ternary in void context

The ternary operator can be an lvalue. In that case I believe it is in void context. I don't know of any problem with using it in void context as a shorthand if..else construct, either, though I dislike to do that. ($var ? $yes : $no) = some_sub();

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Re: Re: Ternary in void context
by Anonymous Monk on Nov 29, 2003 at 23:48 UTC

    Lvalue context is not void context. 

    $bar = 12;
$bar;             # void context;
$bar = 13;        # lvalue (not void) context

$string = "foobar";
substr($string,0,3);         # void context
substr($string,0,3) = 're';  # lvalue (not void) context

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