in reply to switch, transliteration ( tr/// ) of $_ issue

my $bar = (0,'low','med','high')[$foo=~tr/I//] || 'drat'; # or my $bar; $bar = (0,'low','med','high')[tr/I//] || 'drat' for $foo;

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Re^2: switch, transliteration ( tr/// ) of $_ issue
by blazar (Canon) on Nov 19, 2008 at 11:40 UTC

    No real advantage, but for completeness:

    my ($bar) = map +(0,'low','med','high')[tr/I//] || 'drat', $foo; # or my ($bar) = map qw(0 low med high)[tr/I//] || 'drat', $foo;

    qw helps, and "0" is false...

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