[MacPerl-Forum] Conditional operator problem

[Campbell-Lange <campbell-lange@easynet.co.uk>]

I am having some difficulty using the ?: notation on MacPerl 5.2.0r4.

Option 1 is working, while option 2 always results in 'Ý'. If I remove the
scalar assignment within the ? to print, it works fine. Should I not try to
reassign $reply using ?: notation? 

set $reply :    $reply = $subject =~ /Re:/;
option 1   : if ($reply eq 1) { $reply = '+' } else {$reply = 'Ý'};
option 2   :    ($reply eq 1) ? $reply = '+' : $reply = 'Ý';

I note that the pod says 'The operator may be assigned to if both the 2nd and
3rd arguments are legal lvalues'.

Thanks for any help
rory

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		  Rory Campbell-Lange   +   The Campbell-Lange Workshop
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