Re: FLAG
| From: | Curt Zirzow | Date: | Thu, 27 Nov 2003 07:09:05 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: FLAG | ||
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* Thus wrote Ford, Mike [LSS] (M.Ford@lmu.ac.uk):
> On 26 November 2003 12:43, Jay Blanchard contributed these pearls of wisdom:
>
> > [snip]
> > Well, so is there any online resource whereby I can read up on
> > "FLAG" ???Or any idea how should I go about creating the
> > memory location to store the binary-ish information (e.g.
> > true/false, yes/no, 1/0)? Hope to get some help soon...thnx.
> > [/snip]
> >
> > You're not likely to find something specific on FLAG, but
> > maybe the following demonstration can help....
> >
> > <?php
> >
> > if("blue" == $sky){
> > $niceWeatherFLAG = TRUE;
> > } else {
> > $niceWeatherFLAG = FALSE;
> > }
>
> And a better way of writing that (more concise, more efficient) is:
>
> $niceWeatherFLAG = ("blue" == $sky);
that variable name has been bugging me (sorry jay :)
Since a flag usually represents the answer to yes or no, I usually
keep my variables names so they answer the question containing the
flag:
$is_nice_weather = ('blue' == $sky);
$is_weekend = ($day != 'weekday');
$have_beer = (true != false);
Curt
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