Re: undefined or zero: loking for an elegant solution

$metricOpenTasks {$relWeek}{$cc}{"nr"} ||= 1;
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or, if you want to operate on the copy

($nr = $metricOpenTasks {$relWeek}{$cc}{"nr"}) ||= 1;
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Re^2: undefined or zero: loking for an elegant solution by salva (Canon) on Feb 26, 2010 at 12:40 UTC
`$nr = $metricOpenTasks{$relWeek}{$cc}{nr} \|\| 1;`	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: undefined or zero: loking for an elegant solution by shmem (Chancellor) on Feb 26, 2010 at 12:49 UTC
yes facepalm of course ;-) The construct with parens is necessary for substitution after assignment, not just for plain conditional assignment. `($foo = $bar) =~ s/$pat/$subst/; # operates on $foo` [download]	[reply] [d/l]