Never mind (thanks) -- cockpit error.

--- Jeff Westman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2003 10:35:41 -0800 (PST)
> From: Jeff Westman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Why Am I Getting a Compile Error?
> To: beginners <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> 
> This doesn't make sense to me:
> 
> line 128:  @result = $t->cmd($runSQL);
> line 129:  $ordCnt = trim($result[16]);
> 
> sub trim($) {
>     my $arg = shift;
>     chomp($arg);
>     $arg =~ s/^\s+//;
>     $arg =~ s/\s+$//;
>     return $arg;
> }    
> 
> $ perl -c conv.pl
> syntax error at conv.pl line 129, near "result["
> conv.pl had compilation errors.
> 
> "trim" works fine if I pass it a quoted literal such as '"  25  "'.  Why
> won't it work with an element reference?!
> 
> -Jeff
> 
> 
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