in reply to hangover from perl...

The most common Perlism I do in other languages (VB, C#, JavaScript, SQL) is 

do_something if condition;

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I usualy do not finish this and write the condition where the language forces it to be, but I do start by the statement very often.

Jenda
Always code as if the guy who ends up maintaining your code will be a violent psychopath who knows where you live.
   -- Rick Osborne

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