Re: print flips to scientific notation when integer exceeds 15 decimal digits

2009-11-04 Thread Philip Potter
2009/11/4 David Lee : > Many thanks for the reply. > > Following the initial surprise, my main concern was that attempts to unearth > a description or explanation (i.e. documentation) for the observed behaviour > was so tricky.  For instance, there was nothing obvious in the relevant > parts of "Pr

Server Help

2009-11-04 Thread Jyoti
Heya, I have a cgi script which works fine!! It basically asks a user to enter e-value and the user can enter then its accepted. But this script only works in my linux terminal. I want to allow users to same thing ( like enter text for same question ) on my local server. If i run this same script

Re: Learning Perl Student Workbook

2009-11-04 Thread brian d foy
In article , raphael() wrote: > I just finished reading 'Learning Perl' & I was wondering if someone > could point me to the book "Perl Study Guide", > also called "Learning Perl Student Workbook". It's a companion book to > "Learning Perl" but is not available in my country. > > I was hopin

Re: suggestion for FAQ

2009-11-04 Thread brian d foy
In article <874opczzn6@quad.sysarch.com>, Uri Guttman wrote: > subscribe using one and to post using the other would work. also this > list doesn't have anything directly to do with the FAQ editing. you need > to send it to brian d foy who is the FAQ editor. No, no, no don't send them to

Is Larry Wall member of this mailing list

2009-11-04 Thread Parag Kalra
Hey Folks, Its good to see veterans like - 'Randal L. Schwartz', 'Brian D Foy' replying on this mailing list. So just out of curiosity wanted to if Larry Wall is also member of this mailing list. I know this is not a query to ask here but my growing interest in Perl has tempted me to ask this qu

Re: Server Help

2009-11-04 Thread Shawn H Corey
Jyoti wrote: > Heya, > > I have a cgi script which works fine!! It basically asks a user to enter > e-value and the user can enter then its accepted. But this script only works > in my linux terminal. > I want to allow users to same thing ( like enter text for same question ) on > my local server

Re: Is Larry Wall member of this mailing list

2009-11-04 Thread Dermot
2009/11/4 Parag Kalra : > Hey Folks, > > Its good to see veterans like - 'Randal L. Schwartz', 'Brian D Foy' replying > on this mailing list. > > So just out of curiosity wanted to if Larry Wall is also member of this > mailing list. > > I know this is not a query to ask here but my growing interes

Re: Is Larry Wall member of this mailing list

2009-11-04 Thread Dermot
2009/11/4 Parag Kalra : > Hey Folks, > > Its good to see veterans like - 'Randal L. Schwartz', 'Brian D Foy' replying > on this mailing list. > > So just out of curiosity wanted to if Larry Wall is also member of this > mailing list. > > I know this is not a query to ask here but my growing interes

Re: Is Larry Wall member of this mailing list

2009-11-04 Thread Craig
On 11/04/2009 11:24 AM, Dermot wrote: 2009/11/4 Parag Kalra: Hey Folks, Its good to see veterans like - 'Randal L. Schwartz', 'Brian D Foy' replying on this mailing list. So just out of curiosity wanted to if Larry Wall is also member of this mailing list. I know this is not a query to as

Re: Is Larry Wall member of this mailing list

2009-11-04 Thread Parag Kalra
Are you this Larry Wall - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Wall Cheers, Parag On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 10:54 PM, Dermot wrote: > 2009/11/4 Parag Kalra : > > Hey Folks, > > > > Its good to see veterans like - 'Randal L. Schwartz', 'Brian D Foy' > replying > > on this mailing list. > > > > So

Re: Is Larry Wall member of this mailing list

2009-11-04 Thread Philip Potter
2009/11/4 Parag Kalra : > Are you this Larry Wall - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Wall Yes I am and so's my wife. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/

using xcopy in windows xp

2009-11-04 Thread axr0284
Hi, I was wondering if anybody can tell me what I am doing wrong. I am trying to use xcopy: system("XCOPY", "KCPSM3.EXE", $s_tempLocation, "/R /Y"); $s_tempLocation contains "c:\temp" When I run the script, I get the following error message: Invalid number of parameters The following command in

use Strict and using module

2009-11-04 Thread Phil Regulski
Hello, Purpose: I am trying to understand the reason for the following error. Error: "Bareword "NetCDF::READ" not allowed while "strict subs" in use..." Actions already taken: 1. Searched Google --> Perl Bareword not allowed while "strict subs" Most of the hits I have looked at deal with just a

Re: using xcopy in windows xp

2009-11-04 Thread Shawn H Corey
axr0284 wrote: > Hi, > I was wondering if anybody can tell me what I am doing wrong. I am > trying to use xcopy: > system("XCOPY", "KCPSM3.EXE", $s_tempLocation, "/R /Y"); > > $s_tempLocation contains "c:\temp" > > When I run the script, I get the following error message: > Invalid number of par

Re: use Strict and using module

2009-11-04 Thread Shawn H Corey
Phil Regulski wrote: > Error: > "Bareword "NetCDF::READ" not allowed while "strict subs" in use..." > What is NetCDF::READ, a subroutine? > my $ncid = > NetCDF::open("${netcdfDir}/REORDER.KATX_20091104_1651.CEDRIC.Z1.BIN.nc",NetCDF::READ); If it's a sub, try: my $ncid = NetCDF::open("${netcdf

Re: using xcopy in windows xp

2009-11-04 Thread Dermot
2009/11/4 Shawn H Corey : > axr0284 wrote: >> Hi, >>  I was wondering if anybody can tell me what I am doing wrong. I am >> trying to use xcopy: >> system("XCOPY", "KCPSM3.EXE", $s_tempLocation, "/R /Y"); >> >> $s_tempLocation contains "c:\temp" >> >> When I run the script, I get the following erro

Re: use Strict and using module

2009-11-04 Thread Phil Regulski
That took care of it. Didn't realize it was a sub in the module. Thanks! Shawn H Corey wrote: Phil Regulski wrote: Error: "Bareword "NetCDF::READ" not allowed while "strict subs" in use..." What is NetCDF::READ, a subroutine? my $ncid = NetCDF::open("${netcdfDir}/REORDER.KATX_

Re: using xcopy in windows xp

2009-11-04 Thread Uri Guttman
> "SHC" == Shawn H Corey writes: SHC> axr0284 wrote: >> Hi, >> I was wondering if anybody can tell me what I am doing wrong. I am >> trying to use xcopy: >> system("XCOPY", "KCPSM3.EXE", $s_tempLocation, "/R /Y"); >> >> $s_tempLocation contains "c:\temp" >> >> When I run t

Re: use Strict and using module

2009-11-04 Thread Uri Guttman
> "PR" == Phil Regulski writes: PR> That took care of it. Didn't realize it was a sub in the module. Thanks! regardless of it being a sub, it was in a place that expected a normal value and not a bareword. you can use classnames as barewords in certain places (use, method calls, etc.) but

The inheritance.

2009-11-04 Thread Ming Qian
Deal All, I am confused about the following code. Package AAA::CCC; use AAA::BBB '-isasubclass'; push @AAA::CCC::ISA, 'DDD::EEE'; What's the difference between these two lines? AAA::CCC is a subclass of AAA::BBB ? AAA::CCC is a subclass of DDD::EEE ? Best, Bruce

Re: print flips to scientific notation when integer exceeds 15 decimal digits

2009-11-04 Thread David Lee
Philip Potter wrote: I would guess that these numbers are being stored in floats, and that these floats are 64-bit double precision, with 53 bits of mantissa. That means that there are just under 16 decimal digits of precision in these numbers. print and friends seem to automatically print no mo