"Randy W. Sims" wrote: > > On 5/29/2004 12:28 AM, gohaku wrote: > > Hi all, > > I'm not sure if ">>" is an official operator in Perl but I have seen > > ">>" used in conjunction with > > HTML code or Long Strings. > > a google search and perldoc doesn't return any useful information. > > I am looking for code examples that use ">>". > > It has two uses: 1) the bitwise shift operator (see `perldoc perlop`), > and 2) the use you describe is as a here-document, a way of quoting long > strings (see `perldoc perldata`, search for the term "here-document").
Oddly enough, unlike most other operators in Perl, >> has only one use, number 1 above. Here-docs use <<. John -- use Perl; program fulfillment -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
