Thanks for the correction Shlomi. Mistake from my side, i copy pasted the wrong line from my terminal !!!
-- Shekar On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 2:49 PM, Shlomi Fish <shlo...@shlomifish.org> wrote: > Hi Shekar, > > On Fri, 24 Aug 2012 12:23:21 +0530 > Shekar <c.shekar1...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Try this. > > > > $t->insert("end", &gettime); > > > > Please don't recommend people to use leading ampersands in subroutine > calls: > > * > http://perl-begin.org/tutorials/bad-elements/#ampersand-in-subroutine-calls > > * https://www.socialtext.net/perl5/subroutines_called_with_the_ampersand > > Instead write: > > $t->insert("end", gettime()); > > Regards, > > Shlomi Fish > > > > > -- > > Shekar > > > > > > On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 11:58 AM, Irfan Sayed > > <irfan_sayed2...@yahoo.com>wrote: > > > > > i have to call localtime () function to get the latest time > > > everytime when i print the lines using insert method > > > i mean , i need to print the latest time in scrolled text box > > > > > > lets say : > > > > > > use Tk; > > > $mw = MainWindow->new(); > > > my $t = $mw->Scrolled("Text")->pack (-side => 'left', -expand=>1); > > > $t->insert("end", "$c = \&gettime"); > > > > > > sub gettime > > > { > > > $c = localtime(); > > > return $c; > > > } > > > > > > so whenever i call insert method , it shud call function gettime > > > and print the latest time in the text box > > > please suggest > > > > > > regards > > > irfan > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > From: Jim Gibson <jimsgib...@gmail.com> > > > To: Perl Beginners <beginners@perl.org> > > > Sent: Friday, August 24, 2012 11:13 AM > > > Subject: Re: insert in perl tk > > > > > > > > > On Aug 23, 2012, at 9:35 PM, Irfan Sayed wrote: > > > > > > > thanks. this will help to print the contents of array on separate > > > > line. however, if at all we need to call function then what is > > > > the syntax, how > > > we can call that ? > > > > > > What function do you want to call? When do you want to call it? > > > What does the function have to do with the array you want to print? > > > What does it have to do with Tk? > > > > > > > > > > > please suggest . > > > > > > Please let us know in more detail what you are trying to do. > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > > > > -- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org > > > For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org > > > http://learn.perl.org/ > > > > > > > -- > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Shlomi Fish http://www.shlomifish.org/ > Rethinking CPAN - http://shlom.in/rethinking-cpan > > Bill Gates, CEO of Microsoft decides to use Richard Stallman’s Emacs as the > basis of his company’s state‐of‐the‐art product Microsoft Editing Macros™ > Enterprise Edition XP .NET Professional. > > Please reply to list if it's a mailing list post - http://shlom.in/reply . >