RE: Why doesn't RETURN work?

Hi, 'if ($a = $b)' is not comparing $a to $b, it is assigning the value of $b into $a If you want to test for numeric equivalence, use two '='s like 'if ($a == $b)' Then your code should be fine, Baz. -Original Message- From: Gross, Stephan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesda

RE: Clear

I'd recommend that you do something like this: 1-assign the text clear into a variable, this will save time later on... eg: $clearScreen = "clear"; Then: system($clearScreen); will clear the screen when ever you want to do so - this is just the way i do it... probably better ways to do it as

Is there an easy way to reject certain types of input?

Hi All, I have the subroutine as follows, if I type any number other than 0 thru 7 it's fine, but if i give a string or a char as an input it of course will not function correctly. What can I put in the first if statement to reject characters, I was thinking about an unless statement, but I don

RE: Newbie Question about subroutine

hift; This will take the first (and only) element in @_ and assign it to $vInput. -Original Message- From: Barry Carroll [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2001 11:03 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: Newbie Question about subroutine Hi all, i want to have a

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Newbie Question about subroutine

Hi all, i want to have a subroutine for checking user input: here is a snippet of the code: print ("Is your Terminal ANSI compliant?\nYes or No, \(y\) or \(n\)?\n"); chomp ($input = ); verifyInput($input); sub verifyInput { # Subroutine to verify input # Will r

checking for an open filehandle?

Hi, i have this small but of code in a script. My script opens a file for editing, and assigns a filehandle 'TEMPLATE' to it. I need to check in another part of the script if it open or closed. Is this code good enough for doing that job? if (!(-e TEMPLATE)) {

RE: Compiling into C source code.

sorry, i figured this one out myself, thanks anyway! :) -Original Message- From: Barry Carroll [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2001 3:24 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: Compiling into C source code. Hi All, I have a perculiar problem: i have a p

Compiling into C source code.

Hi All, I have a perculiar problem: i have a perl script test.pl which i want to convert into C source. perlcc will work fine, is there any way of getting it to generate the C source and stop. I ask this because when i try 'perl -M0=CC, -otest3.pl.c test3.pl' it doesn't work, it says '-o' is

isWindows95() and isWIndowsNT()

Hi all, This is my first post :) I once saw functions such as the ones above for perl. I am writing a script and I want to be able to determine the machine's Operating System type. Does anyone know where i can get these functions or similar ones to determine the OS type. I know how to get the