On Aug 17, David T-G said:
>Hmmm... Well, it wasn't happy. I got the assignment right, it seems,
>but then I can't use it:
>
> 43 while ( my @row = $result->fetchrow_array )
> 44 {
[snip]
> 52 my (%template,%userdata) ;# we must predefine
> if we're to
Jeff, et al --
...and then Jeff 'japhy' Pinyan said...
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% On Aug 17, David T-G said:
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% >% Yes. I'm using s{}{} instead of s///. I prefer the use of {} delimiters
% >% when I'm doing a s///e, because it better represents the "code" aspect of
% >% the replacement.
% >
% >Ohhh... Slick.
On Aug 17, David T-G said:
>% Yes. I'm using s{}{} instead of s///. I prefer the use of {} delimiters
>% when I'm doing a s///e, because it better represents the "code" aspect of
>% the replacement.
>
>Ohhh... Slick. Can I use () or perhaps even [] as well?
Indeed, and <> too. Those are
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...and then Jeff 'japhy' Pinyan said...
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% On Aug 17, David T-G said:
%
% >% That's good of you to show how you'd do it in another language (yes, even
% >% if that language is PHP ;) ), because it clears up what you want to do.
% >
% >Indeed. It was the most succinct way to expl
On Aug 17, David T-G said:
>% That's good of you to show how you'd do it in another language (yes, even
>% if that language is PHP ;) ), because it clears up what you want to do.
>
>Indeed. It was the most succinct way to explain it :-)
This list (and many others) often receives questions about
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% On Aug 17, David T-G said:
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% > my $string = "Hello, #NAME_FIRST# #NAME_LAST# from #STATE#!" ;
...
% > my %xlate =
...
% >instance, in php, I would write something like
% >
% > $fields = array('#NAME_FIRST#','#NAME_LAST#','#STATE#')
On Aug 17, David T-G said:
> my $string = "Hello, #NAME_FIRST# #NAME_LAST# from #STATE#!" ;
>
>and I want to replace those chunks each with another string, what is a
>good way to approach that? I'd love to use something like
>
> my %xlate =
> (
>NAME_FIRST => "David",
>NAME_LAST => "T-
