Re: using ($test)?$true:$false in a string

Richard Lynch wrote: > On Fri, November 18, 2005 2:13 pm, Dylan wrote: >> Is it possible to use the ($test)?$true:$false construction in a >> (double >> quoted) string without dropping out of the string and concatenating? I >> have >> many lines like: >> >> $var = "first part of string ".(($a==$b)?$c:$d)." rest of string"; >> >> and I feel it would be more elegant to be able to do something like: >> >> $var ="first part of string {(($a==$b)?$c:$d)} rest of string"; > > You could try it faster than I could answer... > > If it doesn't work, maybe do: > $z = $a==$b ? $c : $d; > $var = "first part of string $z rest of string"; > > Burying too much login in the middle of your data/string is probably a > Bad Idea (tm) anyway. > I already discounted that since we're talking about a couple of hundred instances, each of which would need a different $z.