It would also help me and, perhaps, some of the less astute out here who, like me, haven't: - been near a college - saw Perl for the first time only a few weeks ago - read so-called relevant bits of Perl for Dummies to try and obtain a solution wanted urgently in a prod environment - have only just obtained the Cookbook - are ancient, brought up on COBOL, and can just find my way around Unix
At the moment I just shove the e-mails from the group in a folder in the hope that some time in the not too distant future they may click in my small brain and I understand Perl,Life and the Universe... But sometimes I don't hold out much hope as I don't understand the significance of foo or bar! I'm not complaining as the help I had was great - it gave me an instant working solution; and I appreciate the time and effort everyone puts into it. Some of you (especially drieux) never seem to sleep - and are led to wonder whether you are really a person or a consortium/group of like-minded friends/fiends? Regards Cathy -----Original Message----- From: drieux [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 18 May 2002 15:47 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: the homework assignment problem ********************************************************************** This e-mail message has been scanned by MAILsweeper for known viruses and offensive language as it entered the DHCT/EDMSSA mail system. None was found. ********************************************************************** On Saturday, May 18, 2002, at 06:22 , Beau E. Cox wrote: > > Please try: not a bad solution per se - but there are two issues that we do not know - since we are not privy to the actual homework assignment itself - a) will returning a list of the consecutive numbers suffice for full credit? b) was the requirement to actually know how to return the segments as discretely referencable solutions. as such - your solution while providing what the OP alleged was the requirement - in that it provided a deSequencer - It really is not clear to me that this would be really useful in any sort of 'production' grade solution. { or am I really that confused - and the akademik world is not at all interested in teaching their inmates about 'the real world' - hence the ability to conceive of and implement solutions that have viability in the outside world ??? } So it would really help us if collegeBoys would at least be decent enough to present the full homework assignment so that we know what the instructor actually asked for, and not merely the mush that has become jumbled when drained through some pedanticWannaBe. ciao drieux --- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ********************************************************************** This e-mail and the information it contains may be privileged and/or confidential. It is intended for the addressee(s) only. The unauthorised use, disclosure or copying of this e-mail, or any of the information it contains, is prohibited and could, in certain circumstances, be a criminal offence. If you are not an intended recipient, please notify [EMAIL PROTECTED] immediately. Please note that the Trusts/Agency do not enter into any form of contract by means of Internet e-mail. None of the staff of the Trusts/Agency is allowed to enter into contracts on behalf of the Trusts/Agency in this way. All contracts to which the Trusts/Agency are party are to be documented by other means. ********************************************************************** -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
