Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 17:59:35 -0300 (ART) From: Fernando Gleiser <fgleiser@cactus.fi.uba.ar> To: Darryl Hoar <darryl@osborne-ind.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: OT - Perl Question Message-ID: <20031111175621.K53796-100000@cactus.fi.uba.ar> In-Reply-To: <008001c3a896$5cda7f90$0701a8c0@darryl>
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On Tue, 11 Nov 2003, Darryl Hoar wrote:
>
> if ( $nation eq "British" or $nation eq "New Zealand" )
> {
> print "Hallo $name, pleased to meet you!\n";
>
> }
>
> when I try to run it, it generates a compile errors on the
> if line.
>
> I know its the conditional test, but don't know how to fix
> it to be syntactically correct in perl.
Precedence errors, change it to:
if ( ($nation eq "British") || ($nation eq "New Zealand") )
When in doubt, parentesize defensivelly :)
Hope this helps.
Fer
>
> Any help?
>
> thanks,
> -D
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