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• A list of possible choices from which you may select only one, as in "Would you like door A, B, or C?" Alternatives in regular expressions are separated with a single vertical bar: |. Alternatives in normal Perl expressions are separated with a double vertical bar: ||. Logical alternatives in "Boolean" expressions are separated with either || or or.

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  American Psychological Association (APA)

  alternatives. (n.d.). Perl Glossary. Retrieved June 5, 2023, from website: http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/alternatives.

  Chicago Manual of Style (CMS)

  alternatives. search.cpan.org. Perl Glossary. Perl. http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/alternatives (accessed: June 5, 2023).

  Modern Language Association (MLA)

  "alternatives." Perl Glossary. Perl. 5 June. 2023 http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/alternatives.

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