From: Shlomi Fish [mailto:shlo...@iglu.org.il]
> On Friday 26 Mar 2010 18:39:30 Shawn H Corey wrote:
>> It's nice to be brief but only providing it does interfere with
>> understanding. Remember: Hard to understand code is costly to
>> maintain code.
>
> I don't believe in programming in an id
Hi Shawn,
On Friday 26 Mar 2010 18:39:30 Shawn H Corey wrote:
> On Fri, 26 Mar 2010 16:06:04 +0300
>
> Shlomi Fish wrote:
> > One thing hackers like is brevity.
>
> I got a better idea. Let's assume that the person who maintains your
> code is a recent graduate that doesn't have any experience
On Fri, 26 Mar 2010 16:06:04 +0300
Shlomi Fish wrote:
> One thing hackers like is brevity.
I got a better idea. Let's assume that the person who maintains your
code is a recent graduate that doesn't have any experience with Perl.
How would he know that shift does two different things?
It's nic
Hi Shawn!
On Thursday 25 Mar 2010 20:38:59 Shawn H Corey wrote:
> On Thu, 25 Mar 2010 19:54:48 +0200
>
> Shlomi Fish wrote:
> > Well, this is a bike shed argument. I find using "shift;" instead of
> > "shift(@_);" when inside subroutines to be faster to write, more
> > concise and more idiomatic
On Thu, 25 Mar 2010 19:54:48 +0200
Shlomi Fish wrote:
> Well, this is a bike shed argument. I find using "shift;" instead of
> "shift(@_);" when inside subroutines to be faster to write, more
> concise and more idiomatic. shift has this magic for a reason. I'm
> unlikely to use shift the other wa
On Thursday 25 Mar 2010 18:52:09 Shawn H Corey wrote:
> On Thu, 25 Mar 2010 17:13:53 +0200
>
> Shlomi Fish wrote:
> > sub display_page
> > {
> >
> > my $a_server = shift;
> > my $a_pass = shift;
> > .
> > .
> > .
> >
> > }
> > }}}
> >
> > (shift is short for << shift(@_) >>
On Thu, 25 Mar 2010 17:13:53 +0200
Shlomi Fish wrote:
> sub display_page
> {
> my $a_server = shift;
> my $a_pass = shift;
> .
> .
> .
> }
> }}}
>
> (shift is short for << shift(@_) >> )
If you're going to use shift, name the array.
my $var;
sub foo {
$var = shi
AM
> To: Pry, Jeffrey
> Subject: RE: Subroutines With Multiple Parameters
>
> Jeffery
>
> When you call your subroutine make sure you have the '&' in front of
> your subroutine name:
>
> Like this
>
> &displayPage($servername, $password);
On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 1:54 PM, Pry, Jeffrey wrote:
> sub displayPage($) {
>
>my($server) = shift;
>print $server;
> }
>
Hi,
I'd repeat the advice about staying away from prototypes, i.e. the
'($)' business after your subroutine name. Perl is very good at
figuring out wh
On Thu, 25 Mar 2010 09:54:13 -0400
"Pry, Jeffrey" wrote:
> Hey,
>
> I have a subroutine
>
> sub displayPage($) {
>
> my($server) = shift;
> print $server;
> }
>
> Which I can call using displayPage("servername");
>
> My question is lets say I wanted to pass a password
That was exactly what I was looking for! Thank you so much!
- Jeffrey Kevin Pry
-Original Message-
From: Gorrebeeck, Robert [mailto:gorrebeec...@cvty.com]
Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2010 10:01 AM
To: Pry, Jeffrey
Subject: RE: Subroutines With Multiple Parameters
Jeffery
When you call
Hey,
I have a subroutine
sub displayPage($) {
my($server) = shift;
print $server;
}
Which I can call using displayPage("servername");
My question is lets say I wanted to pass a password as well. So I would like to
call it as displayPage("servername","mypassword");
How
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