note BrowserUk <blockquote><i></i></blockquote> <p>OK defined as 0? Yuck! <p>That's as bad as defining TRUE as 0. <p>It would be far clearer as:<code> use constant NOERROR => 0; my $errstr = ( $case != NOERROR ? $msg[$case] : "" ); </code> <p>Though I'd skip that conditional statement completely and embed the logic in the data:<code> $msg[ 0 ] = ''; ... my $errstr = $msg[ $case ]; </code> <div class="pmsig"><div class="pmsig-171588"> <hr /> <font size=1 > <div>With the rise and rise of 'Social' network sites: 'Computers are making people easier to use everyday'</div> <div>Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.</div> <div>"Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority". </div> <div>In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice. </div> </font> </div></div> 1013548 1013581