Re: Beginner question about XML::Simple

2007-04-04 Thread Rob Dixon
Gerben Wierda wrote: I've got a XML file that contains the following snippet

Re: Beginner question

2006-11-30 Thread Junaid Shariff
Thanks Solli. :-)

Re: Beginner question

2006-11-30 Thread Bjørge Solli
On Thursday 30 November 2006 11:14, Junaid Shariff wrote: > Hello again. Thanks for the prompt reply. Not sure if i explained my doubt > clearly. > Basically I run the ncpmount command, which requires the user to enter the > remote server password. But that password has already been entered by the

Re: Beginner question

2006-11-30 Thread Junaid Shariff
Hello again. Thanks for the prompt reply. Not sure if i explained my doubt clearly. Basically I run the ncpmount command, which requires the user to enter the remote server password. But that password has already been entered by the user once before and is stored by me in a variable. Now when I ha

Re: Beginner question

2006-11-30 Thread Gergely Buday
I am new to perl and have a doubt. I have a script that needs to run a command. The command that is being run requires input from the user to proceed. Instead of prompting the user how can I code the utility to not prompt the user but take the input from a variable that has the value that is to be

Re: Beginner question

2006-11-30 Thread Bjørge Solli
Hello and welcome! On Thursday 30 November 2006 10:32, Junaid Shariff wrote: > I am new to perl and have a doubt. I have a script that needs to run a > command. The command that is being run requires input from the user to > proceed. Instead of prompting the user how can I code the utility to not

Re: Beginner question

2005-03-27 Thread Offer Kaye
On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 14:07:02 -0800, Kyle Lampe wrote: > > while ( $lineFile1 = && $lineFile2 = ) { [...snip...] > But it's complaining about my &&. How can I increment the contents of > 2 files like this at once? > According to "perldoc perlop", the && operator has higher precedence than th

Re: Beginner question

2005-03-26 Thread David Kirol
Kyle Lampe wrote: Hello! Hi I've got a quick perl question for you. I'm writing a script that compares two xml files, ignoring one certain tag. The problem I have is I want to get the output from two files simultaneously. What I'm trying is: while ( $lineFile1 = && $lineFile2 = ) { try: while (

Re: Beginner question

2002-02-27 Thread Sudarsan Raghavan
Frank 'Olorin' Rizzi wrote: >Hello everybody. > >I am just starting with Perl, >so the following question will probably appear simple to most of you. > >I am trying to get a Perl program to provide me with a listing of the files >stored on the machine (where the program runs). >The environment is

Re: beginner question

2001-12-13 Thread Curtis Poe
--- Shawn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Geez, if your gonna flame a newcomer, at least answer the question while > your at it. This was a flame? > > We just discussed this today. Please do NOT crosspost. This is better in > the [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > list. Further, having a useful subject line

Re: beginner question

2001-12-13 Thread Shawn
t; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 4:22 PM Subject: Re: beginner question > We just discussed this today. Please do NOT crosspost. This is better in the [EMAIL PROTECTED] > list. Further, having a useful su

Re: beginner question

2001-12-13 Thread Curtis Poe
We just discussed this today. Please do NOT crosspost. This is better in the [EMAIL PROTECTED] list. Further, having a useful subject line helps. If I had a penny for every unhelpful subject line I've seen today... hold on a minute... I'd have $1.27 :) (tip 'o the keyboard to Terry Pratchet

Re: Beginner Question

2001-05-22 Thread Jeff Pinyan
On May 22, Peter Cline said: >> @parts = split ' ', "this and that"; >> { local $" = ") ("; print "(@parts)"; } >> # (this) (and) (that) > >Will the ") (" assign any amount of space to the list separator? >This is interesting. I haven't encountered this syntax before. Using split ' ' is

Re: Beginner Question

2001-05-22 Thread Peter Cline
Thanks for catching my errors. I was thinking too narrowly, using just the one template provided. This can of course be dangerous, for things change. At 05:30 PM 5/22/01 -0400, Jeff Pinyan wrote: >You might want to use the special split ' ' syntax: > > @parts = split ' ', "this and that";

Re: Beginner Question

2001-05-22 Thread Jeff Pinyan
On May 22, Peter Cline said: >Try this. >my $text = "Browser/Version Platform"; >my ($keep,$discard) = split / /, $text; >print "$keep\n"; > >This splits on space and saves the part you want to the variable $keep and >the rest to $discard. Actually, it splits on EXACTLY one space. That can cau

Re: Beginner Question

2001-05-22 Thread Randal L. Schwartz
> "Peter" == Peter Cline <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Peter> Try this. Peter> my $text = "Browser/Version Platform"; Peter> my ($keep,$discard) = split / /, $text; Peter> print "$keep\n"; Peter> This splits on space and saves the part you want to the variable $keep Peter> and the rest to $dis

Re: Beginner Question

2001-05-22 Thread Peter Cline
Try this. my $text = "Browser/Version Platform"; my ($keep,$discard) = split / /, $text; print "$keep\n"; This splits on space and saves the part you want to the variable $keep and the rest to $discard. Also you could use a regular expression like such: my $text = "Browser/Version Platform"; $

Re: Beginner question

2001-05-22 Thread Jeff Pinyan
On May 22, Mark on GCI Server said: >open(TESTER, "print "Enter a username: "; >$input = ; You need to chomp $input, since it has a newline at the end. >$x = 0; >$y = 0; >$w = 0; >$z = 1; >if ( ne "") { That reads a line (and it is lost forever). >while($line = ) { >c

RE: Beginner question

2001-05-22 Thread Wagner-David
The better point is to provide the list with a snippet of the code and the individuals are then more than willing to assist. Otherwise necessary information may be omitted and you go down the wrong path. Wags ;) -Original Message- From: Mark on GCI Server [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent

Re: Beginner question

2001-05-22 Thread Jeff Pinyan
On May 22, Mark on GCI Server said: > I'm trying to populate an array from a file, I think I've got the array >populated, however, I'm not sure. I then want to compare an input against >the array to determine if its there, then look at the second component of >each record. Any assistance would

Re: Beginner question

2001-05-22 Thread Aaron Craig
At 11:09 21.05.2001 -0700, you wrote: >if ($oldLot[1] == 0) >{ > $arpCount = $arp{$lot}; ==> Part 1 >} >else >{ > $arpCount = "-"; ==> Part 2 >} > >printf "%3s %3d ", $arpCount, $count; > >My problem occurs in the "printf" at the "%3s". Here >is the situation: When $oldLot[1] =

Re: Beginner question

2001-05-21 Thread Timothy Kimball
: if ($oldLot[1] == 0) : { : $arpCount = $arp{$lot}; ==> Part 1 : } : else : { : $arpCount = "-"; ==> Part 2 : } : : printf "%3s %3d ", $arpCount, $count; : : My problem occurs in the "printf" at the "%3s". Here : is the situation: When $oldLot[1] == 0, $arpCount is : equal to