----- Original Message ----- From: "Terje Bremnes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 6:11 AM Subject: splitting a vector... or something like that!?
> Hi, > > I am a beginner in writing Perl-cgi scripts, and hope you can help me > with the following problem. I have been writing a script that uses > the Unix "grep" function to search for a word posted to the script from > a web form, and return the search results to a web page. > > The script works well, but I am not satisfied with the layout of the > returned website. When typing the grep command in a Unix terminal I > get the results nicely lined up under eachother, i.e. one file per > line, like this : > > Testfile1 > Testfile2 > .... > > However, when printing to the web page, the resulting files are printed > next to eachother, only separated by a blank space, like this: > > Testfile1 Testfile2 ... > > > The essence of the code is as follows : > > > $testvalue=$value[0]; > > $word = `grep -inlsh $testvalue *`; > > print "The string $testvalue was found in these files : <p>$word</p>"; Try print "The string $testvalue was found in these files : <pre><p>$word</p></pre>"; Shawn > > > Thus, what I need is a procedure that splitsthe parameter word, which stores > the result as a vector of filenames, into separate values. I image I must > use some kind of for-loop to do this, but exactly how I do not know... > > Any help would be greatly appreciated! > > Sincerely, > Ted > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
