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in thread printing the subscript separator

But it would be caught by the if statement since it checks if $operator is not defined.

Update: I was thinking of 'false'.

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Re^5: printing the subscript separator
by Fletch (Bishop) on Feb 09, 2005 at 18:34 UTC

    An empty string is defined; only undef is undefined.

    freebie:~ 663> perl -le 'print "defined" if defined ""' defined
      Correct!! I was thinking of 'false'. Whoops.
Re^5: printing the subscript separator
by RazorbladeBidet (Friar) on Feb 09, 2005 at 18:35 UTC
    It is defined.
    $operator = '';

    Contains no whitespace, yet it's defined... not sure where that falls in your original criteria (my guess is you don't want it)