On Oct 17, 2001 at 10:55 -0700, nayyreh atabakhsh took the soap box and proclaimed: : Hi group : : I am looking for the programm in perl that produce : this information : : The name of the file should be the same as the user's : name. : The list of questions to ask the user must be stored : in a file. : If the same user runs your script again, then the : previous answers for each question should be recalled : from the file. : As each question is asked, the previous answer should : be shown in parenthesis at the end of the question. : If the user then just hits instead of typing in an : answer, then the previous answer should be kept. : Otherwise, the old answer should be replaced with the : new answer.
Forgive me if I'm mistaken, but this sounds a lot like homework. Now, if it isn't homework that's ok, please just reply to this and let us know. In short, I would go with the following format: The users file is an XML file. Use Perls XML tools (XML::Parser and XML::Writer would be fine). That file would store questions and answers together. Casey West -- Shooting yourself in the foot with AIX You can shoot yourself in the foot with either a .38 or a .45. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
