[Omaha.pm] if ($a > $b) { $b = $a }
Hugh Jarce
hjarce2001 at yahoo.com
Thu Feb 3 14:51:03 PST 2005
"Tegels, Kent" wrote:
> Well, there's the dreaded:
> $b = ($a > b$ ? $a : $b);
>
> But that's less readable than what you have.
This expression returns the maximum of $a and $b:
[ $a => $b ] -> [ $a <= $b ]
Though less readable than your version, it's more enjoyable to read. :-)
As much as I like it, I can't recommend it for production code.
Hugh
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