Return an ok flag with a message.

Status Pairs

status_pairs.pl
use strict;
use warnings;

sub check_code {
    my ($code) = @_;
    if ($code eq "ok") {
        return (1, "accepted");
    }
    return (0, "rejected");
}

my $code = ;
my ($ok, $message) = check_code($code);
my $status = $ok ? "pass" : "fail";

print "code=$code\n";
print "status=$status\n";
print "message=$message\n";
use strict;
use warnings;

sub check_code {
    my ($code) = @_;
    if ($code eq "ok") {
        return (1, "accepted");
    }
    return (0, "rejected");
}

my $code = ;
my ($ok, $message) = check_code($code);
my $status = $ok ? "pass" : "fail";

print "code=$code\n";
print "status=$status\n";
print "message=$message\n";
use strict;
use warnings;

sub check_code {
    my ($code) = @_;
    if ($code eq "ok") {
        return (1, "accepted");
    }
    return (0, "rejected");
}

my $code = ;
my ($ok, $message) = check_code($code);
my $status = $ok ? "pass" : "fail";

print "code=$code\n";
print "status=$status\n";
print "message=$message\n";
status-pairs A pair of scalars can report success or failure without throwing an exception.