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in reply to ?: = Obfuscation?

I only use it in places where it's impossible to use an if/else without breaking things up too much. For example, in a hash assignment: 
%hash = (
         a => 1,
         b => ($c ? 'yes' : 'no'),
        );

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Re^2: ?: = Obfuscation?
by qbxk (Friar) on Dec 06, 2006 at 17:56 UTC
    only use it in places where it's impossible to use an if/else without breaking things up too much. For example, in a hash assignment: 
    %hash = ( 
   a => 1, 
   b => ($c ? 'yes' : 'no'),
);

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     seconded

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