Re: Version question - Comment on ping script

2001-08-18 Thread smoot
> Kevin der Kinderen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Thanks for the comments Smoot. > > I thought "while (<>) {...}" was the same as "foreach (<>) {...}". Is this > because foreach provides a list context to the file being read and while > provides scalar context? I read this in the camel book but

Re: Version question - Comment on ping script

2001-08-18 Thread Kevin der Kinderen
Thanks for the comments Smoot. I thought "while (<>) {...}" was the same as "foreach (<>) {...}". Is this because foreach provides a list context to the file being read and while provides scalar context? I read this in the camel book but didn't understand the significance. It makes a difference

Re: Version question - Comment on ping script

2001-08-18 Thread smoot
> Kevin der Kinderen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > Question: What is the proper way to include a version number in the > code? When I do a "perl -MCPAN -eshell" and type "r" for the reinstall > recommendations - many modules show the version. Looking at the code to > some of these modules it see

Version question - Comment on ping script

2001-08-18 Thread Kevin der Kinderen
I'd appreciate any comments on the code below. I run it like this: ./live new("icmp"); foreach (<>) { chomp; if ($_ eq "") { print STDERR "\nDone\n"; exit(0); } print "$_ is "; print "NOT " unless $p->ping($_, 2);