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Maintainable code is the best code

by dragonchild (Archbishop)
on Oct 02, 2001 at 20:13 UTC ( [id://116172]=perlmeditation: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??

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    my %hash1; #Hash for stuff
    my %hash2468; #hash for even nos
    my@blahblah;     # Is this even necessary?
    my %someOtherKindOfHash;   # Maybe stuff here
    my %h3; #you might want this hash, too.
    
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    # Predeclared hashes. Used throughout the script.
    my %hashForStuff;
    ...
    
    # Is this even necessary?
    # my @blahblah;
    
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    if (isValidValue($num)) {
        # Do stuff here.
    }
    
    return undef unless isValidValue($num2);
    

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