How many ways to verify Perl scalar variable is initialized or defined?
Method1:
if !(defined $a)
{
}
Method2:
$a = defined $a? $a : { };
Method3:
$a = "Hi" unless defined $a;
Method4:
$a = $a || "Hi";
Method5:
$a ||= "Hi";
Method6:
if ( length( $a || '' ))
{
}
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