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And yes "unless" is just the "NOT of if". These are all the "same". 

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

my $x = 5;
print "x not 3\n" unless $x==3;

print "x not 3\n" if $x!=3;
print "x not 3\n" if !($x==3);

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Usually the "if version" is more clear. However in the above, since $x is seldom exactly 3, "unless" focuses on the usual action with Perl's ability to put the "action" first and the conditional last. For longer blocks, most often use some form of "if".

In reply to Re^3: Simplify code in Perl with "unless" loop by Marshall
in thread Simplify code in Perl with "unless" condition by Chaoui05

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