Sky Blueshoes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Ron Smith wrote: >Hi all, > > How would I redirect the output of the print line to an array instaed of > STDOUT? > > my $firstBar = 5; > print "*" while $firstBar, $firstBar--; > > I've looked in several places, including the Camel Book and the Cookbook. > Everything seems to be refering to a filehandle instead. > > ...any suggestions?? > > >Ron Smith >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.15.6/257 - Release Date: 2/10/2006 > > If you want to assign something to an array, you do just that.
@array = $firstBar; if you want to print to a file, you need to open a filehandle open (FILE, "firstbar.txt"); and then print to it: print FILE "*" while $firstBar, $firstBar--; -- SkyBlueshoes http://skyblue.fulllifeministries.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] Intel Pentium D 920 2.8Ghz w/ 1GB PC4200 DDR2 SDRAM Maxtor 114GB & Maxtor 150GB HP dvd635 DVD combo recorder XFX GeForce 7800GT overclocked w/ 256 DDR3 Intel 945p chipset w/ 8ch Audio Microsoft Windows XP Professional (Service Pack 2) Yes, you are right. I probably should post the rest of the story at this point: I'm taking numerical values from a web page: my $firstBar = param( "textfield" ); and I'd like to generate a row of asterisks, based on the number stored in $firstBar. I thought of printing to a file then splitting the contents to an array, but I was wondering if there was a more direct way. Ron Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED]
