Re: How to thread in Perl?

Ahmed Moustafa wrote: > Tagore Smith wrote: > > > Ahmed Moustafa wrote: > > > > > >>So, how can a new different process by forked? Or, how a function be > >>called and the next step execute without waiting for the previous > >>function to terminate? > >> > > > >For your original question (thr

Re: How to thread in Perl?

Tagore Smith wrote: > Ahmed Moustafa wrote: > > >>So, how can a new different process by forked? Or, how a function be >>called and the next step execute without waiting for the previous >>function to terminate? >> > >For your original question (threads) see perldoc perlthrtut. > >Whe

Re: How to thread in Perl?

Ahmed Moustafa wrote: > So, how can a new different process by forked? Or, how a function be > called and the next step execute without waiting for the previous > function to terminate? For your original question (threads) see perldoc perlthrtut. When you fork a child process the call to

Re: How to thread in Perl?

Jim Conner wrote: > At 20:28 03.25.2002 -0800, Ahmed Moustafa wrote: > >>> Jim Conner wrote: >>> I suck at this kind of topic but the only way I can think of doing such a thing is this: Use IPC. fork off something like 10 children each child working on a separate >

Re: Help need fast

At 14:43 03.26.2002 +1000, senrong wrote: >I am a student who is new to Perl.and that my assignment is due this >following week... > >can anyone tell me where can I get a free server to run on my own PC. > >Pls reply ASAP... > >thanks... > > > > >-- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: Help need fast

On Monday 25 March 2002 10:43 pm, senrong wrote: > I am a student who is new to Perl.and that my assignment is due this > following week... > > can anyone tell me where can I get a free server to run on my own PC. http://RedHat.com , dude -- Robert Brandtjen ---

Re: How to thread in Perl?

At 20:28 03.25.2002 -0800, Ahmed Moustafa wrote: >>Jim Conner wrote: >> >>>I suck at this kind of topic but the only way I can think of doing such >>>a thing is this: >>> >>>Use IPC. >>> >>>fork off something like 10 children each child working on a separate >>>file and use sysvmsg sysvshem (I d

RE: Can I set this as a hash?

Timothy, I was to wrapped up in the code to spend 5 minutes thanking you. My apologizes for that. The code worked perfectly. Thank you very much for that :) Regards, Dan -Original Message- From: Timothy Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, 26 March 2002 1:33 PM To: Danie

Help need fast

I am a student who is new to Perl.and that my assignment is due this following week... can anyone tell me where can I get a free server to run on my own PC. Pls reply ASAP... thanks... -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: How to thread in Perl?

> Jim Conner wrote: > >> I suck at this kind of topic but the only way I can think of doing >> such a thing is this: >> >> Use IPC. >> >> fork off something like 10 children each child working on a separate >> file and use sysvmsg sysvshem (I do not believe these are functions >> and I can't l

Re: How to thread in Perl?

Jim Conner wrote: > I suck at this kind of topic but the only way I can think of doing such > a thing is this: > > Use IPC. > > fork off something like 10 children each child working on a separate > file and use sysvmsg sysvshem (I do not believe these are functions and > I can't look the rig

Re: How to thread in Perl?

I suck at this kind of topic but the only way I can think of doing such a thing is this: Use IPC. fork off something like 10 children each child working on a separate file and use sysvmsg sysvshem (I do not believe these are functions and I can't look the right functions up for you right now

RE: Can I set this as a hash?

Oh, okay. I thought you just weren't sure how to access the data. print "Enter your username: "; chomp($input = ); if($users{$input}){ print "Welcome, $input.\n"; foreach(sort keys %{$users{$input}}){ print " $_ owes ${$users{$input}}{$_}\n"; } }else{

Re: How to thread in Perl?

Matthew Harrison wrote: > What exactly do you mean by 'thread'? I've a loop which scans directories looking for files and processes the existing files. I'd like process each file independently (i.e. in parallel) rather than sequentially. > > On Mon, 25 Mar 2002, Ahmed Moustafa wrote: > > >>

Re: How to thread in Perl?

What exactly do you mean by 'thread'? On Mon, 25 Mar 2002, Ahmed Moustafa wrote: > How can I thread a function in Perl? > > Any help will be appreciated so much. > > Regards, > -- Matthew Harrison Internet/Network Services Administrator Peanut-Butter Cheesecake Hosting Services Genestate ww

RE: Can I set this as a hash?

Try this: foreach $key(sort keys %users){ foreach $inkey(sort keys %{$users{$key}}){ print "$key, ${$users{$key}}{$inkey}\n"; } } -Original Message- From: Daniel Falkenberg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 6:23 PM To: Matthew Harris

How to thread in Perl?

How can I thread a function in Perl? Any help will be appreciated so much. Regards, -- Ahmed Moustafa http://pobox.com/~amoustafa -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: Perlcc -B

If your only concern is hiding the source, you might want to check out ActiveState's PerlApp. I'm really pleased with v4.0 so far. Especially since the executables are up to 60% smaller (in my experience). There is also perl2exe, but I haven't used the full version. -Original Message-

RE: Can I set this as a hash?

Hm, yes I was thinking of that but I have gone against it. After tweaking around with my code I was able to insert all the date into a hash... %users = ( 'Username1' => { 'Comapny1' => 'owing1' }, 'Username2' => {

Perlcc -B

Hi All I have been looking into perlcc for a little while as I would like to compile a program to make the source unreadable, and haven't had much luck as it was compiling files of about 20MB which makes it a little harder for people to download - but I have just started using the perlcc -B by

RE: beginners Digest 26 Mar 2002 01:26:03 -0000 Issue 760

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RE: Can I set this as a hash?

That is exactly my stand too. I have found it much easier to learn some simple and re-useable MySQL functions using the DBI module, than to learn regex and all the other crap associated with manipulating strings etc. On Mon, 25 Mar 2002, Crook, Richard W wrote: > Well from a beginner's point

RE: Can I set this as a hash?

Well from a beginner's point of view, plus the KISS priciple I'd say you should keep your data in a database like MySQL. You would then organize the data by: USERNAME FULLNAME COMPANY OWING username1 fullname1 company1 owing1 username2 fullname2 company2 owing2 Where you access the d

RE: Can I set this as a hash?

Sounds like you are looking for a hash of arrays. From _Programming_Perl_ : Use a hash of arrays when you want to look up each array by a particular string rather than merely by an index number. In our example of television characters, rather than merely looking up the list of names by th

Re: Default Input Record Separator

Agustin Rivera wrote: > > Is there anyway to change the Default Input Record Separator.. or $/ .. to > allow me to read a character at a time? > > I tried$/=~ /./;but it doesn't work. $/ = \1; John -- use Perl; program fulfillment -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For ad

RE: Can I set this as a hash?

I am still new to Perl as well. I want the end result to look like the following... USERNAME FULLNAME COMPANY OWING username1 fullname1 company1 owing1 username2 fullname2 company2 owing2 and so on Then I need for a user to type in their username and I need my script to be able

Re: Default Input Record Separator

PERFECT. You don't know how much I appreciate this... Much thanks, Agustin Rivera Webmaster, Pollstar.com http://www.pollstar.com - Original Message - From: "Timothy Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Agustin Rivera'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Timothy Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL

RE: Default Input Record Separator

Check out the read() function. perldoc -f read Is this what you are looking for? -Original Message- From: Agustin Rivera [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 5:16 PM To: Timothy Johnson; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Default Input Record Separator Yeah, but the pr

RE: Can I set this as a hash?

Or perhaps a list of lists... Maybe you should describe your HOH better. What do you want the end result to look like? -Original Message- From: Matthew Harrison [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 5:18 PM To: Daniel Falkenberg Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Can I

Re: Can I set this as a hash?

I know i'm still only learning perl so feel free to ignore me if i've said something stupid, but wouldn't tha be better as a list instead of a hash? On Tue, 26 Mar 2002, Daniel Falkenberg wrote: > Hello All, > > Just wondering how I would go about setting up the following hash and if > it woul

Re: Default Input Record Separator

Yeah, but the problem is I don't want to wait for $_ to reach the newline before spitting out data. I want it immediately. Much in the same way $|=1 would give me data. Agustin Rivera Webmaster, Pollstar.com http://www.pollstar.com - Original Message - From: "Timothy Johnson" <[EMAIL

RE: Default Input Record Separator

You'd probably have better luck using split. open(INFILE,"foo.bar"); while(){ my @oneAtATime = split //,$_; foreach $char(@oneAtATime){ do something... } } -Original Message- From: Agustin Rivera [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 5:08 PM To: [EMAIL P

Can I set this as a hash?

Hello All, Just wondering how I would go about setting up the following hash and if it would be wise to do it this way? I have the following data... $username $company $fullname $owing I want to place all of this in a hash of a hash... %name_of hash = "Username1" => "Company

Default Input Record Separator

Is there anyway to change the Default Input Record Separator.. or $/ .. to allow me to read a character at a time? I tried$/=~ /./;but it doesn't work. Thanks, Agustin Rivera Webmaster, Pollstar.com http://www.pollstar.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional

Re: IO::Pty..?

At 05:38 PM 3/25/02 -0600, subbu wrote: > where IO::Pty is located in CPAN...? > There is only IO::Tty..but IO::Pty is no avaiable.. Yes it is. >in which other site can we locate..? IO::Pty is part of the IO::Tty distribution. See http://search.cpan.org/search?dist=IO-Tty. -- Peter Scott P

Re: Learning Perl

Hi Rune, Try Robert Pepper's win32 perl tutorial. You will need ActivePerl from ActiveState. http://www.netcat.co.uk/Rob/perl/win32perltut.html Alfred Vahau Project Breeze SNPS --- Hi I'm trying to learn perl. Are there any good resourc

Re: How to eliminate ctrl character in a file ?

Salute Franck, 1. To convert windows file to unix: perl -pe 's/\xd\xa/\xa/g' < windowsfile > unixfile 2. To convert unix to windows perl -ps 's/\xa/\xd\xa/g' < unixfile > windowsfile Hope this is of some help Alfred Vahau Project Breeze SNPS -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] F

Re: Newbie reference question

From: "FORGHANI,BEHDAD (A-Spokane,ex1)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I am trying to make a two dimentional array. I have a function that > returns an array. The following code works: > > @x = f(); > push(@y, \@x); > > and then I can reference it @{@y[$i]}[$j}; You should write the code above like this

Re: Sort of Conceptual, Syntax, and modules related questions + Follow Up

Dear all, Thank you very much you guys who giving me so detailed ans. (@v@) /" That's very very much helpful ^_^ And sorry for posted to the cgi groups as my careless. ~.~ Anyway, I am trying to follow up on some question and plus some more. 3. Is this different for this 2 scripts ? ( Modified

RE: Newbie reference question

> I am trying to make a two dimentional array. I have a > function that returns an array. The following code works: > > @x = f(); > push(@y, \@x); > > and then I can reference it @{@y[$i]}[$j}; > > Is this the best way to make two dimentional arrays; I.e., > using push and reference to arrays

RE: Newbie reference question

> Is this the best way to make two dimentional arrays... > ...and then I can reference it @{@y[$i]}[$j}; That is a little icky. You can access individual elements like this: $y[0]->[1] Or $y[0][1] > I was wondering if I can construct the array without a variable x. > I tried: > push(@y, \f

Newbie reference question

Hello, I am trying to make a two dimentional array. I have a function that returns an array. The following code works: @x = f(); push(@y, \@x); and then I can reference it @{@y[$i]}[$j}; Is this the best way to make two dimentional arrays; I.e., using push and reference to arrays? Also, I was

RE: newbie question

checkout perlre or do a search on regular expressions -Original Message- From: wahlstros [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 1:04 PM To: John W. Krahn Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: newbie question where can i find a decent man page for understanding string patt

Re: newbie question

where can i find a decent man page for understanding string pattern matching >>push @phone, /\s(\d+\s\d+\s\d+):/; - Original Message - From: "John W. Krahn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 2:53 PM Subject: Re: newbie question > Anidil Ra

RE: forking unix sockets

Hi Bob, thanks for the help. I think $sock will be closed when it goes out of scope anyhow. I tried removing that line and it didn't really have any effect. As for forking in the client, it writes to the socket via one process and reads from it via the other. Probably not necessary, but that's

Re: newbie question

Anidil Rajendran-Raj wrote: > > Firstname Lastname 650 156 7190:somfield:somefield:somefield > Firstname Lastname 408 256 7290:somfield:somefield:somefield > Firstname Lastname 510 3456 7390:somfield:somefield:somefield > > I have the above lines in a file and I am trying to create an array of =

Newbie question

Firstname Lastname 650 156 7190:somfield:somefield:somefield Firstname Lastname 408 256 7290:somfield:somefield:somefield Firstname Lastname 510 3456 7390:somfield:somefield:somefield **more lines here *** Firstname Lastname 415 3456 7390:somfield:somefield:somefield I have

Re: How I can do logout?

Hey, I think I know what are you talking about. and there are many ways to do that.. Such as : Write something like that in the body tag, to pop a new window to done the logout job. and then use javascript to close the window after the job done.. If you are trying to use time count

Re: aritmetic operators

i have used $need = param('dif') - $score. i didin't know i could use params in a calc like that. problem solved, cheers On Monday 25 Mar 2002 6:38 pm, Dave Storrs wrote: > Hi Matthew, > > First of all, subtracting scalars is perfectly valid, so the actual error > must be something else. He

RE: newbie question

Here is a slightly modified version: #!perl -w use strict; my @array = ; # use DATA so don't have to play with file my @phone; my $MyErrors = 0; # let me know if errors foreach (@array) { chomp; # remove linefeed next if ( /^\s*$/ ); # if blank line b

RE: remove part of a string - unterminated tags

> >> I have strings like the following one: > >> my $s="The Library of >> > >> I want to truncate the string, to become > >> "The Library of ..." > >> (that is remove 'unterminated' html tags - tags that open but > >> there is no > >> '>' at the end, and add "..." if necessary) > >> ... > > >

newbie question

Firstname Lastname 650 156 7190:somfield:somefield:somefield Firstname Lastname 408 256 7290:somfield:somefield:somefield Firstname Lastname 510 3456 7390:somfield:somefield:somefield I have the above lines in a file and I am trying to create an array of = phone numbers open (FILE,"thefile") or

Mail::Sender - authentication + design questions

I would like to get some input from the general public on a few issues with Mail::Sender. 1) Will anyone mind if the SendX() methods will return the Mail::Sender object instead of the 1 they used to? This would allow chaining the method calls like this : eval { (new Mail::

RE: Learing perl

I learned Perl using "teach Yourself Perl in 21 Days" by David Till. Then I grabbed the Perl Cookbook. That was enough for me to feel comfortable in Perl and write some complex (for me) programs using anonymous array pointers and so on. Hope that helps. Joe -Original Message- From: Timo

re: returning value from subroutine

On Mar 25, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: >and a scalar like this >$hostname = qx(/usr/ucb/hostname); You'll want to chomp() $hostname! Output from the /usr/ucb/hostname command probably has a newline at the end of it; you'll need to remove it. >2. I want to be able to build a simple sub like this

Re: How to eliminate ctrl character in a file ?

On Mar 25, Franck FASANO said: >I'm trying to eliminate characters control (Non editable by "vi" or non printable), >null characters ... from a file . Then use \p{IsCtrl} instead of \P{IsPrint}. -- Jeff "japhy" Pinyan [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pobox.com/~japhy/ RPI Acacia brother

RE: remove part of a string - unterminated tags

[EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Gray) wrote in 003401c1d41a$595140e0$[EMAIL PROTECTED]:">news:003401c1d41a$595140e0$[EMAIL PROTECTED]: >> I have strings like the following one: >> my $s="The Library of > >> I want to truncate the string, to become >> "The Library of ..." >> (that is remove 'unterminat

Re: aritmetic operators

Hi Matthew, First of all, subtracting scalars is perfectly valid, so the actual error must be something else. Here are three things you should check. 1) First, you don't have a semicolon at the end of that line. 2) Second, if you are operating under 'use strict', you will need to predeclare yo

re: returning value from subroutine

1. I want to be able to create a hostname => user hash table like this %hosts = ( sun1 => "bobby", sun2 +> "ronald", ) and a scalar like this $hostname = qx(/usr/ucb/hostname); 2. I want to be able to build a simple sub like this sub getname { print $getname{$hostna

RE: get full name of $user in NT?

> -Original Message- > From: David Samuelsson (PAC) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Subject: get full name of $user in NT? > > > Is there anyway off getting the full name from an remote > user? that is, i know the persons log on sign, say "ROMI" > > full name is "Robert Mitchum" accordin

Re: How to reduce the time loading of a module ?

From: "Patrice Boisieau" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > In order to increase the time execution of a Perl script, I wonder if > it is possible to reduce the time loading of a module at the > compilation step. In particular, is the time loading reduced when just > one of the symbols exported by the module i

Fw: How I can do logout?

Thank you very much for response. I'm asking about expiring session, and I just know that Perl cann't do it. I imagined that the solution was Javascript. The question is as I can do it. Luis Guillot > - Original Message - > From: "Hanson, Robert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "'Luis

RE: How I can do logout?

There's a lot more to it than that, there is no real concept of "connected" when you talk about Web apps and HTTP. In *general* a browser will connect to a web server, grab a single page (or image), then disconnect. When the user clicks a link it connects again, gets the one page, and disconnect

How I can do logout?

I would like that an user that is connected to my web page it was disconnected when closing the navigator or when visiting another web, without having to press a logout button. Is it possible with Perl? Which module or like I can do it? Thank you very much. Luis Guillot

RE: remove part of a string - unterminated tags

> I have strings like the following one: > my $s="The Library of > I want to truncate the string, to become > "The Library of ..." > (that is remove 'unterminated' html tags - tags that open but > there is no > '>' at the end, and add "..." if necessary) > > By using the following: > $s=~s/<(

Re: arithmetic operators

slight correction, one variable is a passed param but the others is retirieved from a database with DBI. On Monday 25 Mar 2002 3:41 pm, Hanson, Robert wrote: > Look at CGI.pm for grabbing form data... > > use CGI qw/:standard/; > > my $diff = param('val1') - param('val2'); > > Rob > > -Origi

Search for a word

Hi, I am writing a parser using Perl. I am trying to determine the best way to do a search for a word in a datafile. Currently I am using the filehandle to do this however I will need a different method as my search invloves knowing the text in other lines. Does anyone have any suggestions? T

RE: arithmetic operators

Look at CGI.pm for grabbing form data... use CGI qw/:standard/; my $diff = param('val1') - param('val2'); Rob -Original Message- From: Matthew Harrison [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 9:20 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: arithmetic operators in short, how ca

RE: Learing perl

As for the PerlBuilder part, I've been using it for a while, and I consider it a worthwhile investment, but if you're not using Perl on a regular basis yet, it might be a bit expensive. The mouse-over bracket matching is especially useful for beginners. As for resources, try searching for Perl

Learing perl

Hi I'm trying to learn perl. Are there any good resources on the net where I can begin?? What software do I need? I have downloaded an evaluation version of PerlBuilder: Is this any good? Thanks for any help... Rune

arithmetic operators

in short, how can i take 2 values from params passed to the script in a form, and get a third variable from subtracting the first 2? -- Matthew Harrison Internet/Network Services Administrator Peanut-Butter Cheesecake Hosting Services Genstate www.peanutbuttercheesecake.co.uk -- To unsubscrib

remove part of a string - unterminated tags

Hello all... I have strings like the following one: my $s="The Library of Library of ..." (that is remove 'unterminated' html tags - tags that open but there is no '>' at the end, and add "..." if necessary) By using the following: $s=~s/<(?!.*?>)//; I only get a removal of the non-matching '<'

How to eliminate ctrl character in a file ?

Hi, I'm trying to eliminate characters control (Non editable by "vi" or non printable), null characters ... from a file . I try something like this : perl -pi -e 's%\P{IsPrint}%%g' MyFile But it delete the new line "\n" and the space "\s" too ... How can I do to eliminate only the noise ? An

Re: telnet...???

You can use the Use::Telnet(); function.. . Here's a snippit of code: $t = new Net::Telnet (Timeout => 10, Prompt => '/[>]$/', Errmode => "return" ); $t->open("$hostname.db"); if ($t->login($username, $passwd) ) { @lines = $t->cmd("

get full name of $user in NT?

Is there anyway off getting the full name from an remote user? that is, i know the persons log on sign, say "ROMI" full name is "Robert Mitchum" accordin to NT. Is there any Perl code , that you know off? i have checked the Win32::AdminMisc functions, and that seems to return, nothing or numbe

Re: Easy CMD window

Hey zentara, My MUA believes you used (X-Mailer not set) to write the following on Sunday, March 24, 2002 at 9:08:02 AM. z> On Sun, 24 Mar 2002 03:31:17 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Gary Hawkins) z> wrote: >>Is there a way to set up for starting a CMD window using a right click within >>that folder

IO::Pty..?

hi to all.. where IO::Pty is located in CPAN...? There is only IO::Tty..but IO::Pty is no avaiable.. in which other site can we locate..? please reply.. regards keshav -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: telnet...???

thanq Mr sudharsan, but can we use only Expect module to do that.. pl reply regards keshav - Original Message - From: Sudarsan Raghavan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: subbu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 1:54 AM Subject: Re: telnet...??? > Take a lo

Re: perl..changing directory

> how to write a program that user changes to > any user-specified directory on a machine > using any of modules... perldoc -f chdir Jonathan Paton __ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Musi

perl..changing directory

Subject: Fw: perl..changing directory hi, how to write a program that user changes to any user-specified directory on a machine ..using any of modules..or otherthan regards keshav -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Fw: perl..changing directory

hi, i am trying to write a program that changes to any user-specified directory on a machine .. regards keshav

Re: telnet...???

Take a look at Net::Telnet on cpan subbu wrote: > hi to all.. > can we use perl expect module to telnet to a specified > machine and to execute a specified command on a > remote machine..? > > regards > keshav -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMA

telnet...???

hi to all.. can we use perl expect module to telnet to a specified machine and to execute a specified command on a remote machine..? regards keshav

Re: Might be OT. Making a webpage.

Here's the 'manual' http://www.perldoc.com/perl5.6.1/lib/CGI.html probably a little easier than trying to read the .pm file. Print it out and keep it next to your keyboard at all times :) -- >From: Tor Hildrum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: Perl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: Might be