On Thu, 5 Jul 2018 09:58:52 -0500
p...@reason.net wrote:
> Many thanks to Shlomi and Uri: as always, you’ve greatly boosted my
> understanding of Perl! — Rick
>
You're welcome.
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Many thanks to Shlomi and Uri: as always, you’ve greatly boosted my
understanding of Perl! — Rick
> On Jul 4, 2018, at 9:35 AM, Shlomi Fish wrote:
>
> Hi Rick,
>
> On Wed, 4 Jul 2018 09:16:19 -0500
> Rick T wrote:
>
>> The following line works, even though I forgot to double quote the varia
Hi Rick,
On Wed, 4 Jul 2018 09:16:19 -0500
Rick T wrote:
> The following line works, even though I forgot to double quote the variable.
>
> my $student_directory = '/data/students/' . $student_id;
>
see http://perl-begin.org/tutorials/bad-elements/#vars_in_quotes . Perl often
stringifies exp
On 07/04/2018 10:16 AM, Rick T wrote:
The following line works, even though I forgot to double quote the
variable.
my $student_directory = '/data/students/' . $student_id;
When I noticed this, I thought this was convenient: perl is trying to
“do the right thing.” But I worry that leaving the
