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Re^2: Better expression for $x = !!$y||0
by borisz (Canon) on Apr 19, 2005 at 08:41 UTC
    Thanks all, sure I know about the conditional. It just look unnatural in a if statement to me. Thats why I used || in the first place. But since all answers are more or less the same. I shouldn't be so picky.
    Boris
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      Since you don't like seeing the conditional operator in the if, why don't you move it to the outside?

      $x = $y ? 1 : 0;

if ($x) {
   ...
}

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      It has the added advantage of removing an assignement from an if's condition, something I find quite unnatural and unreadable.

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