Pattern matching problem

2008-02-29 Thread Anirban Adhikary
Dear List I have a very large file basically it is logfile generated by sql loader. In the production environment this file can have one million/ two million data. In this file there are 4 particular lines which i need to extract from this log file. *Total logical records skipped:

Re: Pattern matching problem

2008-02-29 Thread Gunnar Hjalmarsson
Anirban Adhikary wrote: Subject: Pattern matching problem As far as I can tell, this is not a pattern matching problem. I have a very large file basically it is logfile generated by sql loader. In the production environment this file can have one million/ two million data. In this f

Re: Check if a given function returns something

2008-02-29 Thread Tom Phoenix
On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 4:28 PM, MK <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > # do not "use strict" Why not? > The purpose of > return is to exit the subroutine at some arbitrary point and the return > value is limited (usually to indicate "success" or "failure"). What does "the return value is limited"

Re: Check if a given function returns something

2008-02-29 Thread MK
On 02/29/2008 11:21:52 AM, Tom Phoenix wrote: -> On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 4:28 PM, MK <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -> wrote: -> -> > # do not "use strict" because i don't. that's all. but wait a minute... -> > The purpose of -> > return is to exit the subroutine at some arbitrary point and the -> retu

Re: Check if a given function returns something

2008-02-29 Thread Tom Phoenix
On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 2:36 PM, MK <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Okay, now i apologize for being stupid whilst jumping a gun. By return > I meant that "return" called alone simply gives you a zero. Without an argument, return gives the sub's caller either undef or an empty list, depending upon