Re: lost wtih blank data

[GrandFather]

You could:

$xyz = ' ' if ! defined $xyz;
print "<td colspan=x>$xyz</td>\n";

but maybe there is more you want to tell us about your problem?

[bv]

A shorter version (for Perl 5.10 and later) with the same meaning would be this:

$xyz //= ' ';
print "<td colspan=x>$xyz</td>\n";

But thinking about it just reminds me that my vim syntax highlighter doesn't understand these new 5.10 features.

[saffron]

Thank you for your help, I will try this. I bid you peace.