Re: Reading from a filehandle in while-loop

2004-10-26 Thread Randal L. Schwartz
> "David" == David le Blanc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: David> You are making the assumption that '' sets '$_' which is not David> true. Oddly, perl makes '<>' set $_, but not ... dunno why No, that's completely wrong. -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503

RE: Reading from a filehandle in while-loop

2004-10-26 Thread Bob Showalter
David le Blanc wrote: ... > You are making the assumption that '' sets '$_' which is not > true. Oddly, perl makes '<>' set $_, but not ... dunno why Sorry, but that's just not correct. while () DOES set $_, as documented in perldoc perlop under the secion "I/O Operators" The OP has some o

Re: Reading from a filehandle in while-loop

2004-10-26 Thread David le Blanc
On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 11:33:24 +0200, Bastian Angerstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Why does this don´t work in my Script? > > open (TEST, " while () { > print $_; > # or just > print; > } You are making the assumption that '' sets '$_' which is not true. Oddly, perl makes '<>' set $_, bu

Re: Reading from a filehandle in while-loop

2004-10-26 Thread Flemming Greve Skovengaard
Bastian Angerstein wrote: I noticed that while ($test=) works on my system perfectly but while () donÂt ... donÂt know why... should reinstall perl. Thanks for your help Bastian They should both work, why they don't is beyond me. Please post on the list, I am *not* a all-seeing, all-knowing Perl g

Re: Reading from a filehandle in while-loop

2004-10-26 Thread Flemming Greve Skovengaard
c: Bastian Angerstein Betreff: Re: Reading from a filehandle in while-loop Bastian Angerstein wrote: Why does this donÂt work in my Script? open (TEST, ") { print $_; # or just print; } Does the file exists and can you read it? Bottompost, please. Your script works on my machine. Is this you w

Re: Reading from a filehandle in while-loop

2004-10-26 Thread Flemming Greve Skovengaard
Bastian Angerstein wrote: Why does this donÂt work in my Script? open (TEST, ") { print $_; # or just print; } Does the file exists and can you read it? -- Flemming Greve SkovengaardThe killer's breed or the Demon's seed, a.k.a Greven, TuxPowerThe glamour, the for