On Thu, 15 Oct 1998, Dr Andrew C Aitchison wrote:
> Is there any way for perl to fail gracefully, the way lookup does ?
> Eg ${lookup <search type> {<query>} {<string1>} {<string2>}}
> evaluates <string1> if the lookup succeeds and <string2> (which is often
> the magic value 'fail') if the lookup fails.
I agree that it would be nice to have this ability.
> (Note to Phil: Entries for "lookup" in the index all refer to chapter 6,
> at least one reference to Ch 9.1 would be useful.)
Quite right. Noted. I'm glad to learn that the index is being used by
someone other than me!
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