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From: martin%easby.durham.ac.uk@pucc.PRINCETON.EDU (Martin Ward)
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Subject: Re: sh: foo=$bar-baz; perl: ($foo = $bar) =^ s/$/baz/;
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Date: 1 Aug 90 09:51:16 GMT
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| Anything better?  Remember, the variables could have looooooooong names
| you rather wouldn't retype.

How about: $foo = $bar ? $bar : $baz;

I didn't retype (honest) - but perhaps Maarten doesn't have an editor which
can select and copy? I am sure Randal will write one for him in perl...
but can he fit it into one line? :-) :-)

		Martin.

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