Re: random number between x and y

2003-09-20 Thread John W. Krahn
Dan wrote: > > how is it possible to get a random number between x and y? in know > int(rand(10)) returns an integer between 0 and 9, but how do i get it so > that i can get a random integer say between 5 and 10 inclusive? You want a random integer from the set ( 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 ). Subtract 5

Re: random number between x and y

2003-09-20 Thread Daniel Staal
--On Saturday, September 20, 2003 20:58 +0100 dan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: how is it possible to get a random number between x and y? in know int(rand(10)) returns an integer between 0 and 9, but how do i get it so that i can get a random integer say between 5 and 10 inclusive? How about: $num

Re: random number between x and y

2003-09-20 Thread George Schlossnagle
sub rand_range { my ($x, $y) = @_; return int(rand($y - $x)) + $x; } On Saturday, September 20, 2003, at 03:58 PM, dan wrote: how is it possible to get a random number between x and y? in know int(rand(10)) returns an integer between 0 and 9, but how do i get it so that i can get

Re: random number between x and y

2003-09-20 Thread J Adam Latham
This should work ... #!/usr/bin/perl -w my $num = int (rand(10) +1); if ($num >= 5 and $num <= 10) { print "$num\n"; } else { print "Sorry ... \n"; } Hope that helps ... Adam On Saturday 20 September 2003 12:58 pm, dan wrote: : how is it possible to get a random number between x

random number between x and y

2003-09-20 Thread dan
how is it possible to get a random number between x and y? in know int(rand(10)) returns an integer between 0 and 9, but how do i get it so that i can get a random integer say between 5 and 10 inclusive? many thanks dan -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-m

Re: Running Perl as a Mail Client

2003-09-20 Thread Wiggins d'Anconia
Dan Anderson wrote: How would I go about creating a perl script to act as a mail client? Is there a good module for this? More specifically, I am trying to create a perl script to monitor the inbox of the email address from a paypal account, and when an e-mail confirming the payment of a user who

Running Perl as a Mail Client

2003-09-20 Thread Dan Anderson
How would I go about creating a perl script to act as a mail client? Is there a good module for this? More specifically, I am trying to create a perl script to monitor the inbox of the email address from a paypal account, and when an e-mail confirming the payment of a user who signed up, activate

Re: perldoc

2003-09-20 Thread Wiggins d'Anconia
Jerry Rocteur wrote: Hi, How do you guys always know what perldoc option to give to find info.. John knows them all backwards but Is there some kind of index or is it just experience and if it is experience then it is useless to those learning... ?? Sometimes I spend ages and still

perldoc

2003-09-20 Thread Jerry Rocteur
Hi, How do you guys always know what perldoc option to give to find info.. John knows them all backwards but Is there some kind of index or is it just experience and if it is experience then it is useless to those learning... ?? Sometimes I spend ages and still can't find what I'm

Re: perl(this) and perl(the)

2003-09-20 Thread Wiggins d'Anconia
Eric Rose wrote: Are these part of CPAN modules or built into Perl itself? I'm trying to install Mysql and it's complaining that perl(this) and perl(the) are missing. I couldn't find anything on Google. Do you mean 'this' and 'the' explicitly or are you using them as placeholders for more specif

Re: perl @ mysql

2003-09-20 Thread Wiggins d'Anconia
Todd W. wrote: RTFM for the HandleError property of DBI objects: http://search.cpan.org/author/TIMB/DBI-1.38/DBI.pm#DBI_Utility_Functions Scroll down to $h->{HandleError}... You can set it to a code ref that is called when a DBI exception is thrown. Read the docs very carefully, you can desig

Re: Looking for a good OpenSSL/Perl library

2003-09-20 Thread Wiggins d'Anconia
Rajesh Dorairajan wrote: Does anyone know where I can find a good implementation of OpenSSL library on Perl. I tried Massimmilio Pala's OpenCA::OpenSSL and ran into some issues there. Specifically, I am not able to generate a request. Whatever DN string I pass does not seem to be acceptable to the

Re: MIME::LITE question

2003-09-20 Thread Wiggins d'Anconia
Perl wrote: I would like to have a display name present in the FROM field of messages I send. Example: Reporting Agent < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > All the documentation I see involves an SMTP address only. Is there an easy way to do this? Though I am not 100% sure I am pretty certain that MIME::Lite

Re: line separator

2003-09-20 Thread Wiggins d'Anconia
Ben Perry wrote: Is there a way to define a line separator because i have a file with many lines but the actual newlines are scattered and i would like double space to represent a new line in this file, Can someone offer me some advise please. This is the special variable $/ check out: perldoc pe

line separator

2003-09-20 Thread Ben Perry
Is there a way to define a line separator because i have a file with many lines but the actual newlines are scattered and i would like double space to represent a new line in this file, Can someone offer me some advise please.

Re: nested anonymous reference syntax

2003-09-20 Thread Rob Dixon
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm having trouble grasping the syntax to perform foreach operation on an > anonymous array within an anonymous hash reference. > > my $hashRef = { bah => "humbug", >list => [ "lions", "tigers", "bears", "oh_my" ], >woo => "hoo" }; > > How can I run a foreach

nested anonymous reference syntax

2003-09-20 Thread ccarver
Hello, I'm having trouble grasping the syntax to perform foreach operation on an anonymous array within an anonymous hash reference. my $hashRef = { bah => "humbug", list => [ "lions", "tigers", "bears", "oh_my" ], woo => "hoo" }; How can I run a foreach on every item in that anonymous ar

Re: using foreach on an array

2003-09-20 Thread Tassilo von Parseval
On Sat, Sep 20, 2003 at 03:56:14PM +0530 Ramprasad A Padmanabhan wrote: >I have a script in which I am using foreach in two diff ways > I am doing a last; in the very first loop So each time the variable $t > should be assigned only once. > > But you can see the results dont match. > > > #

Re: Random Number Question

2003-09-20 Thread Tassilo von Parseval
From: Anonymous <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> You are aware that the domain nospam.com is registered, aren't you? If you really don't want to give any email address, use example.com as domain (or any other, that truely doesn't exist). On Fri, Sep 19, 2003 at 09:08:13PM -0400 Anonymous wrote: > How do I get

Re: Random Number Question

2003-09-20 Thread Rob Dixon
Anonymous wrote: > > How do I get perl to chose a random number from a range (1-13) and > export it to a numeric variable? Any help would be appreciated. I assume you mean integers? $value = int rand(13) + 1; BTW It would be nice to give a name, rather than posting as 'Anonymous'. Rob --

using foreach on an array

2003-09-20 Thread Ramprasad A Padmanabhan
Hello all, I have a script in which I am using foreach in two diff ways I am doing a last; in the very first loop So each time the variable $t should be assigned only once. But you can see the results dont match. #!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; my @alpha = qw(a b c d ); my $t=""; fo

Random Number Question

2003-09-20 Thread Anonymous
How do I get perl to chose a random number from a range (1-13) and export it to a numeric variable? Any help would be appreciated. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: TK

2003-09-20 Thread Douglas Lentz
Todd W. wrote: "Paul Kraus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Am I able to write a network app say on one of my Linux servers? Then provide a gui that would run on the w32 workstations? Do I have to install perl / tk on all of the workstations to do this? Sure yo

Re: TK

2003-09-20 Thread Douglas Lentz
Paul Kraus wrote: I saw someone mention that tk was the better route to go for a UI then a web interface. I have several office applications that I have written that I was going to write html interfaces for. I would love to avoid having to learn web development to :) Can anyone give me a break dow