SPUG: How to use database variable in place of other variable

[El JoPe Magnifico]

On Thu, 14 Mar 2002, dancerboy wrote:
> But again, I do agree that this is bad style.  If your intent is to
> make sure that undef values get turned into empty strings, then you
> should do so more explicitly, e.g.:
>
>      my $email = $row[12];
>      $email = '' unless defined $email;
>
> or perhaps:
>
>      my $email = ( defined($row[12]) ? $row[12] : '' );

Heh, I can't wait til Perl 6, when we finally get a defined()-based
version of the current "truth"-based short-circuiting operator "||":

	my $email = $row[12] \\ '';

Yeehaw!  "Use of uninitialized value" warnings... begone!  =)
  -jp


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