Re: Whimsical Question

Chas Owens schrieb: > On 3/29/06, Ryan Frantz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>Perlers, >> >>I just got a copy of Intermediate Perl (the updated version of Learning >>Perl Objects, References, and Modules, aka Alpaca) and started reading. >>I've been coding Perl for about 18 months now and every tim

Re: Whimsical Question

On 3/29/06, Ryan Frantz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > _Is_ there a name for '$_' ? In class, I pronounce it "dollar-underscore". But that's short for "dollar-underscore-perl's-favorite-default". :-) --Tom Phoenix Stonehenge Perl Training -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additiona

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At 08:03 AM 3/29/06, Ryan Frantz wrote: _Is_ there a name for '$_' ? http://www.rexswain.com/perl5.html $_ The default input and pattern-searching space. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Whimsical Question

on the end I > guess. > > -Bill > > On 3/29/06, Timothy Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > I sometimes call it the "magic variable". > > > > > > -Original Message- > > From: Ryan Frantz [mailto:[EMA

Re: Whimsical Question

;magic variable". > > > -Original Message- > From: Ryan Frantz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 5:03 AM > To: beginners@perl.org > Subject: Whimsical Question > > Perlers, > > > > I realized this after reading over example cod

RE: Whimsical Question

I sometimes call it the "magic variable". -Original Message- From: Ryan Frantz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 5:03 AM To: beginners@perl.org Subject: Whimsical Question Perlers, I realized this after reading over example code in the Alpaca and

Re: Whimsical Question

On 3/29/06, Ryan Frantz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Perlers, > > I just got a copy of Intermediate Perl (the updated version of Learning > Perl Objects, References, and Modules, aka Alpaca) and started reading. > I've been coding Perl for about 18 months now and every time I see '$_' > I immediate

RE: Whimsical Question

> -Original Message- > From: Steve Bertrand [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 9:29 AM > To: beginners@perl.org > Subject: RE: Whimsical Question > > > > > For example, when I see '#!', I read 'shebang' and it

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> > For example, when I see '#!', I read 'shebang' and it rolls off the > > tongue, but 'dollar underscore' is clumsy. > > I tend to call it "implicit scalar". How 'bout "impliscalar"? Or "defariable" for default variable. :) Steve -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For addit

RE: Whimsical Question

eper956 768 4070 -Original Message- From: Chad Perrin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 7:47 AM To: beginners@perl.org Subject: Re: Whimsical Question On Wed, Mar 29, 2006 at 08:03:24AM -0500, Ryan Frantz wrote: > Perlers, > > I just got a copy o

Re: Whimsical Question

On Wed, Mar 29, 2006 at 08:03:24AM -0500, Ryan Frantz wrote: > Perlers, > > I just got a copy of Intermediate Perl (the updated version of Learning > Perl Objects, References, and Modules, aka Alpaca) and started reading. > I've been coding Perl for about 18 months now and every time I see '$_' >

Whimsical Question

Perlers, I just got a copy of Intermediate Perl (the updated version of Learning Perl Objects, References, and Modules, aka Alpaca) and started reading. I've been coding Perl for about 18 months now and every time I see '$_' I immediately understand its use in the context of the code, but I don't