Re: Use of uninitialized value complaint

2003-12-31 Thread Rob Dixon
Deb wrote: > > At 17:26:25, on 12.31.03: > Cracks in my tinfoil beanie > allowed Rob Dixon to seep these bits into my brain:, > > > (full marks for using -w but 'use strict' would help even more). > > Ack! Caught me again. I guess I'm not paying attention! We're not going to leave you alone unti

Re: Use of uninitialized value complaint

2003-12-31 Thread deb
Please see response, inline: At 17:26:25, on 12.31.03: Cracks in my tinfoil beanie allowed Rob Dixon to seep these bits into my brain:, > > Hi Deb. Hi Rob! > Perl is trying to expand $2 in your string. Since Perl's $2 is undefined it > gives you the warning (full marks for using -w but 'use str

Re: Use of uninitialized value complaint

2003-12-31 Thread Rob Dixon
Deb wrote: > > I need help understanding why I'm getting this complaint, > > Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at test.pl line 2. > > It says its unitialized, but isn't the my $status initializing the scalar? > I'm so confused. > > Here's the code: > > > #!/usr/local/bin/per

Use of uninitialized value complaint

2003-12-31 Thread deb
I need help understanding why I'm getting this complaint, Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at test.pl line 2. It says its unitialized, but isn't the my $status initializing the scalar? I'm so confused. Here's the code: #!/usr/local/bin/perl -w my $status = `ps -ef |