Hi,

I am trying out the following script in Perl

#!/usr/bin/perl
use warnings;
use strict;

my $zero = 0;
my $two = 2;
my $three = 3;

my $x = $zero && $two;
my $y = $three && $zero;
my $z = $two && $three;

print "\$x is = $x\n";
print "\$y is = $y\n";
print "\$z is = $z\n";

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And here is what it prints

$x is = 0
$y is = 0
$z is = 3

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I thought that the && would sort of "short circuit" and I was expecting:

$x is = 0
$y is = 3
$z is = 2

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But that's not happening. I'm on Stella Linux (CentOS Remix) Version 6.5 (64 Bit) and Perl Version 5.10.1

I am darn sure I have messed up my understanding. Can someone please help explain this?

In reply to Kindly let me know what exactly && does in Perl by pritesh

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