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Fishhead
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Aug 3, 2009, 5:16 PM

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(Exclaimation point in front of variable	Can't Post

I am new to perl, but have worked with fortran, basic, and visual basic in the past. I am still struggling with the syntax issues. In reviewing some code that I downloaded, I found an IF statement the looks like this:

if (!$percent) {

I have two questions and I suspect the answers will be related. 1) what does the ! prior to the variable name indicate, and 2) why is there no condition within the parentheses?

Thanks

KevinR
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Aug 3, 2009, 5:28 PM

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Re: [Fishhead] (Exclaimation point in front of variable [In reply to]	Can't Post

it reads:

Code

if (not $percent) { 
    do something 
}

It basically is testing if $percent is false, which is the condition. False in perl means it could have an empty value, or the value is zero.
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(This post was edited by KevinR on Aug 3, 2009, 5:28 PM)

Fishhead
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Aug 4, 2009, 7:20 AM

Post #3 of 3 (284 views)

Re: [Fishhead] (Exclaimation point in front of variable [In reply to]	Can't Post

Thanks KevinR, I have another question but I will post it separately.

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