On Wednesday 17 September 2008 04:03:55 pm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello > > I am looking for sample code where a user would enter a password. The key > here is to either replace the characters entered with blanks or something > like "*" for each character that is entered. I am sure this has been done > before. > > Thanks, > Andrew
You can start here http://perldoc.perl.org/perlintro.html I saw something about passwords some where in the documentation on the perldoc site. you will want to use these at the top of your script use strict; - won't let you process bad code use warnings; - gives warnings that you will want to know about use diagnostics; - explains those warnings in more detail With a little reading, trial and error, any rookie, which I still am, can write a Perl script and get it to work. -- Silverfox -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/