On 17 Oct 2006 at 17:19, Rob Dixon wrote:
> Beginner wrote:
> > On 17 Oct 2006 at 15:09, Rob Dixon wrote:
> >>
> >> my @tif = glob("'$d/*tif'");
> >
> > I am pretty sure I had tied this, it looks like it from my post.
> >
>
> No. Check the quotes carefully. You had
>
> my @tif = glob("$d/*tif");
>
> and I wrote
>
> my @tif = glob("'$d/*tif'");
>
> so that the string itself contains the enclosing single quotes. Double quotes
> will do here as well, but the Perl string must also have double quotes to
> interpolate $d, so you would have to write
>
> my @tif = glob(qq("$d/*tif"));
Your right. I hadn't noticed that. " and a '.
The qq operator looks less confusing from my perspective.
Thanx again.
Dp.
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