I'm responding to both messages (the original and the response) because I
don't have the original.
On Thu, Aug 16, 2001 at 01:21:16PM -0500, randy Peterman wrote:
> I believe that you may need to add an ampersand "&" before the name of the
> subroutine, like so:
> if(!&isPresent(\$req, $user))
I believe that you may need to add an ampersand "&" before the name of the
subroutine, like so:
if(!&isPresent(\$req, $user))
Randy
"David Simcik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Newbie question here...
>
> I've created a CGI.pm object and want
$req is already a reference but you called isPresent using the following
syntax
isPresent(\$req,$user) # Wrong
instead of
isPresent($req,$user) # Correct
On Thu, Aug 16, 2001 at 11:32:39AM -0500, David Simcik shaped the electrons to read:
> Newbie question here...
>
> I've
--- David Simcik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Newbie question here...
>
> I've created a CGI.pm object and want to pass its reference to a function.
> It keeps on puking though, returning this message:
David,
First bit of advice: don't use prototypes.
http://www.perl.com/pub/a/language/misc/
On Aug 16, David Simcik said:
>Type of arg 1 to main::isPresent must be scalar (not single ref constructor)
>at C:\src\Orion\cgi-bin\share.pl line 45, near "$user)"
A prototype of \$ means that Perl will add the \ for you automagically.
>sub isPresent(\$$);
>
>if(!isPresent(\$req, $user))
You
e tutorial at http://japh.nu first
regards,
Jos
- Original Message -
From: "David Simcik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Perl Beginners" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2001 6:32 PM
Subject: Passing Scalar Reference to Subroutine
> Newbie questio
Newbie question here...
I've created a CGI.pm object and want to pass its reference to a function.
It keeps on puking though, returning this message:
Type of arg 1 to main::isPresent must be scalar (not single ref constructor)
at C:\src\Orion\cgi-bin\share.pl line 45, near "$user)"
Basically, I
