in reply to CGI.pm accepting a 0 as a value, not null

my $first = param('first');
$first = 'notentered' unless defined $first;

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Re^2: CGI.pm accepting a 0 as a value, not null
by ecuguru (Monk) on Oct 11, 2005 at 06:41 UTC
    got it, one lined
    my $first = (defined param('first'))? param('first'):'notentered';
    I used to have Defined in my old code! dunno wtf i didn't think of using it also.
    thanks!
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