Re^4: How to eliminate warning message on hash value?

[Marshall]

I updated the post. I didn't notice the line length issue before. Lines on PM are shorter than I normally use, but this is solved easily as shown. Very complicated conditions can be made readable in this "vertical" manner.

Update: As a historical note, I learned this method from Daniel McCraken when I was working with FORTRAN IV some years ago.

[ikegami]

I didn't say it couldn't be done, I said "if" worked better. (No artificial code placement, nested instead of zizag indenting.)

[Marshall]

Well, I wrote this code today and I think it illustrates this style better...

Of course what these variables mean is completely out of context, but I can't imagine the horror of this expressed as nested "if's". Call it "zigzag indenting" or whatever.

For more complex "if" statements, I do think this has a certain regularity that is pleasing to the eye. Mileage varies.

print if ( exists ($noBye4Call{$rCall}  )
           and    ($rNr > 10            )
           and    ($GP{STATUS}  eq 'G'  ) 
           and    ($GP{SCORE}   eq 'BYE')  );

[ikegami]

[ Sorry, didn't see this reply earlier ]

For more complex "if" statement

Yes, different styles work better in different circumstances.

I do think this has a certain regularity that is pleasing to the eye

Really, then why did you switch style in your example? You stop aligning your conditions, removed the zigzaging, and added a gazillion parens.