in reply to && and and (well, you try searching for an answer)

&& and || should be used inside logical expressions while or should be used between statements for idiomatic error handling ("or die"). Finally, and is only useful for error handling with system.

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Re^2: && and and (well, you try searching for an answer)
by Melly (Chaplain) on Sep 03, 2006 at 21:38 UTC

    Tnx all - the link to the earlier thread was particularily helpful.

    Tom Melly, tom@tomandlu.co.uk
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