Re: perl default variable question

2007-09-18 Thread John W. Krahn
Ryan Moszynski wrote: hi, Hello, i'm using a perl script i found You should be careful with stuff you find lying around. to change the names of batches of files. The program works as is but it's giving me a weird warning. I'm familiar with $_, but not $_[3]. Can someone explain what $_[

Re: perl default variable question

2007-09-18 Thread Ryan Moszynski
to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: 18 September 2007 15:12 > > To: beginners@perl.org > > Subject: perl default variable question > > > > hi, > > i'm using a perl script i found to change the names of batches of files. > > The program works as is but it'

Re: perl default variable question

2007-09-18 Thread Tom Phoenix
On 9/18/07, Ryan Moszynski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > i'm using a perl script i found to change the names of batches of > files. The program works as is but it's giving me a weird warning. > I'm familiar with $_, but not $_[3]. Can someone explain what $_[3] > is, and how i can get this script

Re: perl default variable question

2007-09-18 Thread Rob Coops
:-) $_ is basically the first variable of @_ which is the array that Perl is currently working on. So when your script is complaining about something in $_[3] what it is saying is that the 4th variable (Perl starts counting at 0) in the @_ array is making the compiler unhappy. I hope this helps

perl default variable question

2007-09-18 Thread Ryan Moszynski
hi, i'm using a perl script i found to change the names of batches of files. The program works as is but it's giving me a weird warning. I'm familiar with $_, but not $_[3]. Can someone explain what $_[3] is, and how i can get this script to stop throwning the warning? Thanks, Ryan i found the