From the "gratuitous use of grep" club... 
$string = "$a where " . join ' and ',grep {$_} ($b,$c);

[download]
Explanation: Read this from right-to-left. The grep takes as arguments a block of code (or a sub) and a list of items and return just the items in the list which the block of code is true for. In this case, the block of code is simply $_, so grep returns all items in the list ($b,$c) which are true (not undef, '', 0, or '0'). The join then takes those true items, and combines that list with ' and '. If there only one item, join omits the ' and '. It then concatenates the resulting string of 'where' clauses to the string formed by "$a where ", to get the resulting string.

In reply to Re: 3 strings to join by BlaisePascal
in thread 3 strings to join by jptxs

Title:
Use:  <p> text here (a paragraph) </p>
and:  <code> code here </code>
to format your post, it's "PerlMonks-approved HTML":


  • Posts are HTML formatted. Put <p> </p> tags around your paragraphs. Put <code> </code> tags around your code and data!
  • Titles consisting of a single word are discouraged, and in most cases are disallowed outright.
  • Read Where should I post X? if you're not absolutely sure you're posting in the right place.
  • Please read these before you post! —
  • Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags:
    a, abbr, b, big, blockquote, br, caption, center, col, colgroup, dd, del, details, div, dl, dt, em, font, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, ins, li, ol, p, pre, readmore, small, span, spoiler, strike, strong, sub, summary, sup, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr, tt, u, ul, wbr
  • You may need to use entities for some characters, as follows. (Exception: Within code tags, you can put the characters literally.)
            For:     Use:
    & &amp;
    < &lt;
    > &gt;
    [ &#91;
    ] &#93;
  • Link using PerlMonks shortcuts! What shortcuts can I use for linking?
  • See Writeup Formatting Tips and other pages linked from there for more info.