Re: data dumper

2010-05-16 Thread Shawn H Corey
On 10-05-17 12:22 AM, Uri Guttman wrote: SHC> # Set maximum depth for Data::Dumper, zero means unlimited SHC> local $Data::Dumper::Maxdepth = 0; why do you localize some but not all of the dumper options? local will make it work only for a call in this scope which is file scope. better t

Re: data dumper

2010-05-16 Thread Uri Guttman
> "SHC" == Shawn H Corey writes: SHC> On 10-05-16 11:17 PM, Uri Guttman wrote: >> it can be used to save data (e.g. a config >> file) in a file for reloading in the future (via running the dumper >> output with eval). SHC> By saving the output of Data::Dumper to a *.pm file, it can

Re: data dumper

2010-05-16 Thread Shawn H Corey
On 10-05-16 11:17 PM, Uri Guttman wrote: it can be used to save data (e.g. a config file) in a file for reloading in the future (via running the dumper output with eval). By saving the output of Data::Dumper to a *.pm file, it can be reloaded via "use". #!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warni

Re: data dumper

2010-05-16 Thread Uri Guttman
> "PJ" == Peng, Jeff writes: PJ> Dump the data structure for printing. PJ> It's useful for checking the complex data strucure of Perl. PJ> For example, PJ> use Data::Dumper; PJ> my %hash = ( 1 => [1,2,3,4], PJ> 2 => { 1 => { 2 => [3,4,5] } }, PJ>);

Re: data dumper

2010-05-16 Thread Peng, Jeff
Dump the data structure for printing. It's useful for checking the complex data strucure of Perl. For example, use Data::Dumper; my %hash = ( 1 => [1,2,3,4], 2 => { 1 => { 2 => [3,4,5] } }, ); print Dumper \%hash; Run it and see what is printing. Also you could check

data dumper

2010-05-16 Thread ben perl
What is the use of Data::Dumper module? can any body please give examples? Have been using perl for some time and never used this module. Not sure if i am missing something by not using it. Thanks, -Ben