Re: Simple question

At 01:00 11.26.2001 -0500, Jim Conner wrote: >At 15:25 11.26.2001 +1030, Daniel Falkenberg wrote: >>Hey all, >> >>Just a simple question could some one give me a clue as to what the >>folling regex will match... >> >>$user = "daniel"; >> >>if ( $test =~ /^$user/ ) { >>print "Hello world!\n

Re: Simple question

At 15:25 11.26.2001 +1030, Daniel Falkenberg wrote: >Hey all, > >Just a simple question could some one give me a clue as to what the >folling regex will match... > >$user = "daniel"; > >if ( $test =~ /^$user/ ) { >print "Hello world!\n"; >} Hrm. The regex is comparing a variable called $

RE: Simple question

On Nov 26, Sidharth Malhotra said: >It will only match anything beginning with "daniel": "daniel", >"daniella", "danielson", "daniel smith" >If you specifically want to match only "daniel" try: >/^$user$/ But there's no reason to use a regex for that. Please read my recent document on thi

RE: Simple question

No problem. Thanks for you help. Dan -Original Message- From: Ahmed Moustafa Ibrahim Ahmed [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, 26 November 2001 3:35 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Simple question Sidharth's reply is correct. Mine is not. Sorry for that. Ahmed Moustafa Ibr

Re: Simple question

Sidharth's reply is correct. Mine is not. Sorry for that. Ahmed Moustafa Ibrahim Ahmed wrote: > It will match only "daniel". It's the same as: if ($test eq $user). > Regards, > Ahmed > > Daniel Falkenberg wrote: > >> Hey all, >> >> Just a simple question could some one give me a clue as to wha

Re: Simple question

It will match only "daniel". It's the same as: if ($test eq $user). Regards, Ahmed Daniel Falkenberg wrote: > Hey all, > > Just a simple question could some one give me a clue as to what the > folling regex will match... > > $user = "daniel"; > > if ( $test =~ /^$user/ ) { >print "Hel

RE: Simple question

It will only match anything beginning with "daniel": "daniel", "daniella", "danielson", "daniel smith" If you specifically want to match only "daniel" try: /^$user$/ Hth. Sid. -Original Message- From: Daniel Falkenberg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2001 11

Simple question

Hey all, Just a simple question could some one give me a clue as to what the folling regex will match... $user = "daniel"; if ( $test =~ /^$user/ ) { print "Hello world!\n"; } Will it match only daniel or will it match dan || danni and so on? Cheers, Dan -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [E

Passwd::Linux

Hi all, Has any one here had any experience with the Passwd::Linux Cpan module before? If you have I would really like to hear from you to get some ideas. Regards, Dan -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: File Handlers

- Original Message - From: "Purshottam Chandak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 26, 2001 5:32 AM Subject: File Handlers > what may be the cause the filehandles don't work. I am using windows 98. > Everything works fine exept the filehandles. I'm not to

Re[2]: @_

Hello Leon, Monday, November 26, 2001, 12:15:59 AM, Leon wrote: L> - Original Message - L> From: "Jenda Krynicky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> L> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> L> Sent: Monday, November 26, 2001 4:44 AM L> Subject: Re: @_ >> When you cann a function all the parameters you gave it end u

Re: @_

- Original Message - From: "Jenda Krynicky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 26, 2001 4:44 AM Subject: Re: @_ > When you cann a function all the parameters you gave it end up in > @_. You can (and usualy do) copy them then into some lexical > variables to

Re: Useless use of a variable in void context

On Fri, Nov 23, 2001 at 11:28:14AM -0800, Ahmed Moustafa Ibrahim Ahmed wrote: > The following line of code "if (-d $filename) {" gives me the error message > "Useless use of a variable in void context". What does this error message, > please? perldiag describes that warning message, as others hav

File Handlers

what may be the cause the filehandles don't work. I am using windows 98. Everything works fine exept the filehandles. Pc _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL

Re: Firing a subroutine from within a here-document

From: Chris Spurgeon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I have this code snippet... > print < > I think x is $x and y is $y. > &foobar > Did the subroutine fire? > > END_OF_STUFF > > > When I run it, the scalar variables $x and $y are interpreted in the print > statement, but the subrout

Re: does cgi working properly have anything to do with browsers?

From: neill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > hi, i am very new to perl and cgi so please excuse this dull, stoopid > question... > > but i'm trying to write a formmail program and i'm getting very frustrated > cos it works in Opera 5.12 and NS6.1 but for some reason in IE6 it doesn't.

Re: @_

From: "Purshottam Chandak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > In the following subroutine, I do not understand why we need to use my ($n1, > @n2) = @_;. Why are we using @_ if it is not used elsewhere. Can somebody > throw some light on this please? > > # max($n1, @n2); > # Returns the maxi

Re: stoopid newbie formmail question

On Sun, 25 Nov 2001 01:45:19 + "neill roy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hi, i am very new to perl and cgi so please excuse this dull, stoopid > question... > > > but i'm trying to write a formmail program and i'm getting very frustrated > cos it works in Opera 5.12 and NS6.1 but for some

@_

In the following subroutine, I do not understand why we need to use my ($n1, @n2) = @_;. Why are we using @_ if it is not used elsewhere. Can somebody throw some light on this please? # max($n1, @n2); # Returns the maximum of the arguments. sub max { my ($n1, @n2) = @_; foreach $m (@n2) { if ($n1

File Handlers

what may be the cause the filehandles don't work. I am using windows 98. Everything works fine exept the filehandles. Pc _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL

RE: count one name

if ( length($word) > 10 { # do something when length of word greater than 10 characters }else { # when 10 or less characters } Wags ;) -Original Message- From: nafiseh saberi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2001 01:29 To: [EMAIL

Re: hash question- solved

On Sun, 25 Nov 2001, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2001 15:18:19 +0200 (IST) > From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: hash question > > hi all, > can someone point me in the right direction. i dont understand the > following line of c

hash question

hi all, can someone point me in the right direction. i dont understand the following line of code: my $TestingTimeStop=$Record->{time}+3600 what i dont understand is that it seems that $Record->{time} is just accessing the value of time. is this just another way to write $Record{time} ?

stoopid newbie formmail question

hi, i am very new to perl and cgi so please excuse this dull, stoopid question... but i'm trying to write a formmail program and i'm getting very frustrated cos it works in Opera 5.12 and NS6.1 but for some reason in IE6 it doesn't. for some reason IE can't tell whether a field has been fille

Re: How to know a file is being processed?

> "Ahmed" == Ahmed Moustafa Ibrahim Ahmed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Ahmed> My script should be waiting for the incoming files and encrypts them as Ahmed> soon as the transmission is completed. Using "lsof" makes a gap between Ahmed> the arrival of the files and their encryption. Ahmed> Is

Re: error in perl.com

In article <001c01c17591$7b9f7500$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Nafiseh Saberi) wrote: [the error is with perldoc.com, not perl.com as it says in the subject line] > I find one error in perl.com in > http://www.perldoc.com/perl5.6/pod/func/readdir.html > in line four. > instead of quta

Re: build directory with source code

To build a directory, use mkdir To check if a directory exists or not: if (-e $dirname) { print "$dirname exists"; } else { print "$dirname does not exist"; } I hope that helps. Ahmed Nafiseh Saberi wrote: > hi all...

count one name

hi all. do you know .. how can I count the number of one word ?? I want to count it for check that it is grather than 10 char or not... thx. Nafiseh Saberi

build directory with source code

hi all... would you know any info for build directory in specific path in middle of source code of perl?? I need the syntax ,that open dir and if it isn't exist... build that. thx. Nafiseh Saberi

Re: error in perl.com

Nafiseh, I think "question" is correct. Thanks, Ahmed Nafiseh Saberi wrote: > hi all. > > I find one error in perl.com in > http://www.perldoc.com/perl5.6/pod/func/readdir.html > in line four. > instead of qutation...write question. > > bye. > > >

error in perl.com

hi all. I find one error in perl.com in http://www.perldoc.com/perl5.6/pod/func/readdir.html in line four. instead of qutation...write question. bye. Nafiseh Saberi