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The postfix "if" is called a statement modifier becauses it modifies a statement; you can't use it within an expression like that. The above gets a syntax error.
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Correct Loop Structure
by parv (Parson) on Jan 30, 2004 at 03:28 UTC

    Well then...

    do { $test = 2 > 1; print 'foo' if $test; $test; }
&& $index++;

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    ...but that is just oogly.

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