Re: Make a sub routine return

2013-09-11 Thread Harry Putnam
Harry Putnam writes: Jesus... who wrote this illiterate crud? > Harry Putnam writes: > > Sorry to have dropped out on this. I called away and now have other ^ got > scripting to get done. > > But didn't want anyone to

Re: Make a sub routine return

2013-09-11 Thread Harry Putnam
Harry Putnam writes: Sorry to have dropped out on this. I called away and now have other scripting to get done. But didn't want anyone to think I didn't appreciate the replies. The walk thru of my (poor) could is very helpful... Thanks -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl

Re: Make a sub routine return

2013-09-04 Thread Brandon McCaig
On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 11:48:45AM -0400, Harry Putnam wrote: > I know the format and scripting are probably pretty backwards but I > seem to recall it being important to have a `return' line in a > function. > > The code below was a script by itself but now I need to turn it into a > function in

Re: Make a sub routine return

2013-08-28 Thread Rob Dixon
On 28/08/2013 16:48, Harry Putnam wrote: The code below was a script by itself but now I need to turn it into a function inside a larger script... I've done something that sort of works but fails on a specific file name that looks like `.#somefile'. What does "fails" mean? Does it crash?, prod

Make a sub routine return

2013-08-28 Thread Harry Putnam
I know the format and scripting are probably pretty backwards but I seem to recall it being important to have a `return' line in a function. The code below was a script by itself but now I need to turn it into a function inside a larger script... I've done something that sort of works but fails o