Try if (!(@array[0] | @array[1])) instead

Don't, for the reason Marshall++ explained. Micro-optimising code to avoid typing a few characters does not improve performance, and makes maintenance a nightmare (if overused).

Also, your code assumes integers, right? I would have to look up the binary representation(s) of a float 0.0 to see if all bits are 0 there. If not, this probably won't work, resulting once again in wrong results (false negatives, in this case). Maybe floats depend on the CPU and / or math emulation library used, so the result would also depend on the machine it is running on. No, thanks. I prefer code that does not make me think about such issues.

For two or three elements, explicitly compare the elements. For more, see my generalised posting.

Playing golf is a completely different story, but then, the array's name would not be five letters long.

Alexander

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In reply to Re^4: Check multiple array elements for a single condition by afoken
in thread Check multiple array elements for a single condition by Anonymous Monk

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