Re: Re: Re: open failure code

Though this works, the ternary operator, like the grep and map operators, should not really be use in void context.

if (open(FH,"<".$log) {
    print "opened\n";
}
else {
print "unable to open $!\n";
}
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is preferred.

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Re: Re: Re: Re: open failure code by davido (Cardinal) on Nov 27, 2003 at 05:47 UTC
Of course the same could be done just with proper logical short circuit operators. Prefer the low-precedence ones for this sort of thing: `open FH, "<", $log and print "Success\n" or print "Failure\n";` [download] That avoids trinaries and if/else's. Dave "If I had my life to live over again, I'd be a plumber." -- Albert Einstein	[reply] [d/l]


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