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# set even elements of @list to 'hi'...
$_ % 2 or $list[$_] = 'hi' for 0..$#list;

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Re: Re: What would you do?
by jlawrenc (Scribe) on Mar 16, 2001 at 23:02 UTC
    I would like to underscore the wisdom of merlyn's comment comment.

    Not only does his comment exist, but it is a succinct explaination of the code. (It is not an English translation of the statement like: do nothing if default variable is not mod 2 otherwise set the list of the default variable to 'hi' for the size of the list.).

    Good example - good style. I wish more people would follow this example! :)

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Re: Re: What would you do?
by Anonymous Monk on Mar 16, 2001 at 04:27 UTC
    How is the comment mandatory? It works fine without it.
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