There is more than one way to do anything. In fact, there are still more
ways to do this than you've shown. As I pointed out earlier (in response to
the "Erratic server errors..." thread), which method you choose should
depend on the depth and breadth of your audience. If it's a room full of
neophytes, or a department with lots of turnover (and always under-trained,
like ours), use the most obvious, explicit method you can. If it's a group
of experienced developers, then you can be more terse/elegant (hey, you
might even have-what do they call those things, now-Oh, yeah! Standards).
If it's just for you, party down. I tend to use the heredoc syntax if I'm
writing for others:
print <<"EndOfText";
<html><body></body></html
EndOfText
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Draley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, June 08, 2001 9:22 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: perl question
>
>
> what is the difference between
>
> print qq|
> <html><body></body></html>
> |;
>
> vs. the
>
> print "<html>\n";
> print "<body>\n";
> print "</body>\n";
> print "</html>\n";
>
> vs. the
>
> print <<"EndOfText";
> <html><body></body></html
> EndOfText
>
> do they all do the same thing? or is it better to use one
> syntax over the
> other?
>
> thanks in advance
>
>
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