--- Bob Showalter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > With the '=>' (a.k.a. 'fat comma'), the left side of the operator > > does no (sic) need to be quoted IF IT DOES NOT CONTAIN WHITESPACE. > > Actually, it needs to be quoted if it doesn't look like an identifier, > (with an optional leading minus sign). So things like the following do > need to be quoted: > > fish&chips > drip-dry > +factor
Good point, Bob. I didn't know that, but it seems obvious in retrospect. :) That's what I love about Perl and lists like this; I never stop learning! Cheers, Curtis "Ovid" Poe ===== "Ovid" on http://www.perlmonks.org/ Someone asked me how to count to 10 in Perl: push@A,$_ for reverse q.e...q.n.;for(@A){$_=unpack(q|c|,$_);@a=split//; shift@a;shift@a if $a[$[]eq$[;$_=join q||,@a};print $_,$/for reverse @A __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send your FREE holiday greetings online! http://greetings.yahoo.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
