On Sunday, May 19, 2002, at 01:05 , Jolinar of Malkshur wrote:
> Hi, I'm taking a Perl class at a local community college (Palomar, if > anyone > recognizes that) and I've gotten stuck on a problem. It's an online class > and I don't have any contact with anyone else in the class. well be forewarned we do not like can you do my homework questions on G.P. { General Principle } and would prefer to be of assistance 'debugging' questions. > Anyway, what I'm trying to find out is if it is possible to open a file > and > put it in a hash. I know how to assign it to a variable, but I can't seem > to make it work with a hash. I admit, I'm very new to this and am > probably > missing something really simple :( what you are looking for is either perldoc -f tie for how to use a tie function perldoc -f open so what you will want to do is become at home with perldoc perl and how to scoot around perl's internal documentation. For what it is worth feel free to read a bit of the stuff that I have plonked up on my webPages - as you can help me sort out what order it might best be in... ciao drieux http://www.wetware.com/drieux/pbl/ -------------- This space left intentionally blank. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]