Note the ''. in front of the list
print ''.('January', 'February, 'March', 'April', 'May ', 'June','July',
'August', 'September','October, 'November', 'December')[-1];
----- Original Message -----
From: "Hameed U. Khan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2004 12:53 AM
Subject: a warning which i can't understand
> Hi,
> i am new to perl and to this mailing list. My name is Hameed and I
> am 20 years old.
> I am doing BCS from Biztek (http://biztek.edu.pk). i have joined this
> mailing list because i am learning perl. i am getting a warinig which
> i can't understand so i am mailing you people. following is my
> programme.
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] cat backwards.pl
> #!/usr/bin/perl
> #backwards.pl
> use warnings;
> use strict;
>
> print qw(
> January February March
> April May June
> July August September
> October November December
> )[-1];
> print "\n";
> print (('January', 'Fubruary', 'March', 'April', 'May ', 'June',
> 'July', 'August', 'September',
> 'Ooctber', 'November', 'December')[-1]);
> print "\n";
> # End of programme listing
>
> following is the warning and output i am getting.
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ./backwards.pl
> print (...) interpreted as function at ./backwards.pl line 14.
> December
> December
>
> can some one help me, what i am doing wrong.Or how can i fix this. it
> will be very nice if you explain why this is happening to me. so in
> future the same mistake will not happen.
>
> --
> Regards,
> Hameed U. Khan
> Registered Linux User #: 354374
> -
> *Computer without Linux is just like the world without computer.*
>
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