On Fri, 26 Aug 2011 20:08:31 +0100
Rob Dixon wrote:
> On 26/08/2011 18:12, Jim Gibson wrote:
> > On 8/25/11 Thu Aug 25, 2011 5:20 PM, "Rob Dixon" > scribbled:
> >> On 25/08/2011 20:36, Shlomi Fish wrote:
> >>>
> >>> If you want to use $_ so be it, but it can easily introduce
> >>> subtle errors
On 11-08-26 03:08 PM, Rob Dixon wrote:
As an aside, the same applies to the common warning against using the
global values $a and $b 'because they are used by sort'. Once again,
sort localizes these variables within the comparison code so there is
very little chance of inadvertently modifying the
On 26/08/2011 18:12, Jim Gibson wrote:
On 8/25/11 Thu Aug 25, 2011 5:20 PM, "Rob Dixon"
On 25/08/2011 20:36, Shlomi Fish wrote:
If you want to use $_ so be it, but it can easily introduce
subtle errors into your code, because $_ is so easy to modify and
clobber. So I would recommend against t
On Aug 11, 4:25 pm, shawnhco...@gmail.com (Shawn H Corey) wrote:
> On 11/08/11 03:27 AM, Chankey Pathak wrote:
>
> > I downloaded the Tk module. Unpacked it by zcat Tk800.0_01.tar.gz |
> > tar xf - then cd to that directory (cd Tk-804.029_500) then perl
> > Makefile.PL and I got this output:http://
On Wed, 24 Aug 2011 20:24:00 +0530, Ramprasad Prasad wrote:
> Assume I have to find the first unique character in a string
>
> $string = "abtable";
>
> # t is the first unique string
>
> I tried using a negative backtrace lookup to get the answer in a single
> regex ... But something is missing
On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 6:07 PM, Rob Dixon wrote:
> On 22/08/2011 10:29, Shlomi Fish wrote:
> Just as with pronouns in natural language, implicit operands in Perl
> allow the meaning of a program to be more lucid. Yes, if we are not
> careful we can sometimes write confusing English where it is un
On 8/25/11 Thu Aug 25, 2011 5:20 PM, "Rob Dixon"
scribbled:
> On 25/08/2011 20:36, Shlomi Fish wrote:
>>
>> If you want to use $_ so be it, but it can easily introduce subtle errors
>> into
>> your code, because $_ is so easy to modify and clobber. So I would recommend
>> against these, and st
