Re^2: elsif stupid question...

[dmorelli]

Optionally, the nested ternary is good for long chains of if/elsif/else

#! /usr/bin/perl -w

use strict;


(my $foo = shift) ||= 0;

($foo == 1) ? print "It's one\n" :
($foo == 2) ? print "It's two\n" :
($foo == 3) ? print "It's three\n" :
print "It's nothing meaningful!\n";

[blazar]

Personally I try to avoid using?: for its side effects, when not golfing - that is! Re the example you gave, a hash or an array would have provided a much neater solution.