How can I assign a boolean condition result to a scalar variable in perl?

Question

I am doing the following, but it is not working properly:

    my $enabled = $hash && 
                  $hash->{\'key\'} && 
                      


        

Answer 1

The Perl boolean operators like &&, ||, and, or don't return a boolean value, they return the value of one of their arguments:

say 2 && 3;

outputs 3.

You can force it to a boolean with the double negation trick:

say !!(2 && 3);
# or
say not not 2 && 3;

outputs 1.