Re^2: Ternary if versus normal if question

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Re^3: Ternary if versus normal if question by Aristotle (Chancellor) on Nov 18, 2005 at 14:01 UTC
Beware of strings vs numbers, though. The bitwise ops in Perl are hazardous if used imprudently. Makeshifts last the longest.	[reply]
Re^3: Ternary if versus normal if question by Moron (Curate) on Nov 18, 2005 at 13:48 UTC
I looked for a solution with ^=, but it doesn't work unless it can be made into a unary operator at which point I gave up looking down that route. Your suggestion only turns the light on when off but does not turn it off when on. -M Free your mind	[reply]
Re^4: Ternary if versus normal if question by lidden (Curate) on Nov 19, 2005 at 15:15 UTC
`$ perl -wle '$a=0; $a ^= 1; print $a' 1 $ perl -wle '$a=1; $a ^= 1; print $a' 0` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re^5: Ternary if versus normal if question by Moron (Curate) on Nov 21, 2005 at 12:10 UTC
Hmm looks like you are right - I tested exactly this, with a slightly different script and got a 1 for both cases but the above test looks right and does suggest it works after all. If the problem is an inaccesible NFS mountpoint, how about dismounting it just from your local system during the installation? -M Free your mind	[reply]