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<node id="366312" title="myocom's scratchpad" created="2004-06-13 14:49:04" updated="2005-08-11 07:44:20">
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scratchpad</type>
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myocom</author>
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Here, [hacker] - try this standalone script:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;code&gt;
my $beamable = $ARGV[0];

if ($beamable &amp;&amp; ($beamable =~ /(1|true|yes)/i)) {
       $beamable = '--beamable';
       $beamable_msg = "Yes, beamable";
       print "In clause 1\n";

} elsif ($beamable &amp;&amp; ($beamable =~ /(0|false|no)/i)) {
       $beamable = '--not-beamable';
       $beamable_msg = "No, copy-protected";
       print "In clause 2\n";

} else {
       $beamable = '';
       $beamable_msg = "Unspecified, defaults to beamable";
       print "In clause 3\n";
}

print "At the end, beamable is $beamable and the msg is $beamable_msg\n";
&lt;/code&gt;</field>
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