On Fri, 24 Aug 2001, Michael Dube wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a script that uses require to include additional perl scripts at
> runtime. I would like to call a function if and only if that function is
> defined in the required module. How would this be done? Would the define()
> function work? Here's some pseudo of what I intend... any ideas?
>
> require runtime.pl;
>
> if (defined(runtimefunction)) {
> runtimefunction(args);
> }
Can you elaborate why you wouldn't know if the function is present or not?
Probably the best way is to use an eval block to see if the function can
execute.
Check out The Camel's extensive sections on eval(). I don't have the book
on me, so I can't quote you the pages....
Chris
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