BrowserUk++

A not, a regex, an or and an and. Not only not clear but almost impossible for me to get my head round.

I resort to extreme lengths to try and get it straight. 

if( 
  not (
    (
      $bar =~ /bar/ 
        or 
      (
        $baz !~ /qux/ 
          and 
        defined $undef
      ) 
    )
  )
)

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But I find that almost always these constructions are the result of a poor algorithm. As the old saying goes "get your algorithm right and the code writes itself". While we're here, that is closely followed by "don't try to code yourself out of a problem, start again".

It works for me! :-)

In reply to Re^3: Is this the most elegant way to code directory lookup? by wfsp
in thread Is this the most elegant way to code directory lookup? by texasperl

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