prototype?

Hi, I saw some script on the net using prototype to define subroutines, but most scripts are still not using it. Is this a good practice/advisable (like use strict) and whats the benefits? TIA. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: pipe as an argument

On 9/6/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Consider this: my $arg = @ARGV ? shift @ARGV : ; Works as I expected, many thanks. However, my previous code was: my $time_in = $ARG[0] || ; and it doesn't work, why and whats the different with yours? rgds, -- To unsubscribe, e-mail:

pipe as an argument

All, How do accept pipe as an valid argument in perl, for example: echo 123456 | ./convert_time.pl convert_time.pl: #!/usr/bin/perl use POSIX qw(strftime); my $time_in = $ARGV[0]; my $time_out = strftime "%Y%m%d", localtime($time_in); print "$time_out\n"; rgrds, -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [