haze_hutmacher@[...].com wrote:
>  I am tasked with editing a piece of code written some years ago by people long gone. Of co
urse the code is undocumented and I am not an expert programmer. The question:
>  
>  if ( $val[$i]{'numeric'} && $val[$i]{'numeric'}< 3) {
>  	return 0}
>     }
>  
>  It looks to me like we are logically AND-ing the exact same values from a hash table. If t
he value is less than 3 return 0. However, if you logically AND two exact same values don't 
you always get the original value? Does the following give the same result?
>  
>  if ( $val[$i]{'numeric'}< 3) {
>  	return 0}
>     }
>  
>  I have written a test snippet and the results of each are the same. The real question is; 
"Is this 'genius' code and I am an idiot or is the original author being obtuse?" 
>  
>  This is driving me crazy and I am low on medication so your help is appretiated [:-}

In addition to handling the 0 case as previously mentioned,
this code will also handle the case where $val[$i]{numeric}
doesn't exist in the hash.

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