Scot Robnett wrote: > By writing it this way: > > open(OUTPUTFILE, ">". $outputFile); > > the script thinks that you are trying to open a file called > > >Out_input2.txt > > with the "greater than" sign actually being part of the file name. > But what you want to do is open > > Out_input2.txt > > for writing, in which case the "greater than" sign, which means "open > this file for writing," needs to be contained inside the quotes. > > open(OUTPUTFILE, ">$outputFile");
No. Those two forms are equivalent. ">$outputFile" actually compiles to ">" . $outputFile internally: $ perl -MO=Terse,exec -e '">$outputFile"' OP (0x80f6fe0) enter COP (0x81025c0) nextstate SVOP (0x80f6320) const PV (0x8103490) ">" SVOP (0x80f6ee0) gvsv GV (0x8103430) *outputFile BINOP (0x80f6f60) concat [1] LISTOP (0x80f6fc0) leave [1] -e syntax OK $ perl -MO=Terse,exec -e '">" . $outputFile' OP (0x80f6fc0) enter COP (0x81025c0) nextstate SVOP (0x80f6320) const PV (0x8103490) ">" SVOP (0x80f6f00) gvsv GV (0x80f8210) *outputFile BINOP (0x80f6f80) concat [1] LISTOP (0x80f6fa0) leave [1] -e syntax OK -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
