[Omaha.pm] Proper way to test a variable with strict and -w?

[Daniel Linder]

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On Fri, September 2, 2005 07:01, Jay Hannah wrote:

> Actually, I wouldn't 'use Env' at all. That's just a
"shortcut" for

> Perl's built-in %ENV. I'd do this:

> 

> #!/usr/bin/perl -w

> 

> $ENV{Var1} ||= "DefaultValue1";

> $ENV{Var2} ||= "DefaultValue2";

> my $Var3 = "$ENV{Var1} -- $ENV{Var2}";



Since the "||" operator is more well known with my team, I ended
up using this:

my $Var1 = $Env{Var1} || "DefaultValue1";



Dan



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