Re: More help with my function

2002-02-15 Thread Francis Henry
nd it comes back with msg: > > Scalar value @answers[$i] better written as $answers[$i] > > So I did. > > Wags ;) > > -Original Message- > From: Steven M. Klass [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 14:09 > To: Wagner-David; [EMAIL P

RE: More help with my function

2002-02-15 Thread James Kelty
. Klass [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 2:09 PM To: Wagner-David; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: More help with my function Hi all, Doh!! It must be MONDAY!! I am such an IDIOT!! Couple of questions. How did changing $prompt [@_[0]] to $prompt $_[0] fix it? I mean why

RE: More help with my function

2002-02-15 Thread Wagner-David
;) -Original Message- From: Steven M. Klass [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 14:09 To: Wagner-David; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: More help with my function Hi all, Doh!! It must be MONDAY!! I am such an IDIOT!! Couple of questions. How did changing $prompt [@_[0

Re: More help with my function

2002-02-15 Thread Steven M. Klass
Hi all, Doh!! It must be MONDAY!! I am such an IDIOT!! Couple of questions. How did changing $prompt [@_[0]] to $prompt $_[0] fix it? I mean why didn't $_[0] put the prompt. Let me guess shift removed it from the stack.. I know that if I want the first variable of @answers I can call it w

RE: More help with my function

2002-02-15 Thread James Kelty
Here is what I came up with.. #!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; my @heir = qw/inquiry smart yes/; my $response = ""; while ($response eq "") { print "Enter the hierarchical mode [$heir[0]]: "; chomp($response = ); if(($response eq "") || ($response eq "?")) { print "Valid a

RE: More help with my function

2002-02-15 Thread Wagner-David
Uncertain what you are trying to get from the list: I changed print "$prompt [@_[0]]"; to print "$prompt $_[0]"; and if ( $response eq $answers ){ to if ( $response eq $answers[$i] ){ It ran without any warnings and after I gave correct answer, it quit. Wags ;)