Re: looking for a better way, a perl way

2003-03-06 Thread John W. Krahn
Jerry Preston wrote: > > Hi! Hello, > I am looking for way to reduce the following code, a better way, a perl > way. Any ideas? > > while ( my ( $Site, $Description, $Part_Number, $Part_Serial_Number, $Qty, > $RMA_Number, $Customer_Contac, $RMA_Date, $Part_Rec ) = $sth->fetchrow()) { > # w

RE: looking for a better way, a perl way

2003-03-06 Thread Bakken, Luke
Look at the sprintf function. Please! > # while ( $data ) = $sth->fetchrow()) { > $l = length( $Site ); > if( $l != 5 ) { > $s = substr( "", 0, 5 - $l ); > $Site .= $s; > } Does this do what you want? $Site = sprintf '%-5s', $Site; One liner: C:\>perl -e"$S

Re: looking for a better way, a perl way

2003-03-06 Thread Rob Dixon
Hi Jerry. "Jerry Preston" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Hi! > > I am looking for way to reduce the following code, a better way, a perl > way. Any ideas? I think you've been overlooked a little because your post looks very much like a 'please do my work for me' p

looking for a better way, a perl way

2003-03-05 Thread Jerry Preston
Hi! I am looking for way to reduce the following code, a better way, a perl way. Any ideas? while ( my ( $Site, $Description, $Part_Number, $Part_Serial_Number, $Qty, $RMA_Number, $Customer_Contac, $RMA_Date, $Part_Rec ) = $sth->fetchrow()) { # while ( $data ) = $sth->fetchrow()) { $l =