Re: can any one tell why isn't this working on HTML::Tree ??

2011-01-02 Thread Shlomi Fish
Hi perlatwork, On Saturday 01 Jan 2011 13:21:29 perl wrote: > use strict; > use warnings; > use YAML; > use HTML::Tree; > use LWP::UserAgent; > my $ua = LWP::UserAgent->new; > my $response = > $ua->get('http://www.raaga.com/channels/hindi/moviedetail.asp?mid=H002927') > ; my $content1 = $response-

Re: [OT] The Happy, Happy, Feel Good Thread (WAS: New Document: "How to Start Contributing to or Using Open Source Software")

2011-01-02 Thread Raymond Wan
On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 00:06, Octavian Rasnita wrote: > Better say that bottom-post is an old habit (and advanced programmers usually > have old habits and not the newbies) and that the rules are enforced by the > advanced programmers because they can help the others, and they want to > everyon

Re: [OT] The Happy, Happy, Feel Good Thread (WAS: New Document: "How to Start Contributing to or Using Open Source Software")

2011-01-02 Thread Brandon McCaig
On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 9:39 AM, Raymond Wan wrote: > An extension to your reasoning is that there aren't just two groups of > users on this list -- advanced and newbies -- but multiple levels. > Beginners who don't follow the advanced programmers' rules may have > questions that intermediate progr

Re: [OT] The Happy, Happy, Feel Good Thread (WAS: New Document: "How to Start Contributing to or Using Open Source Software")

2011-01-02 Thread Octavian Rasnita
From: "Raymond Wan" On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 00:06, Octavian Rasnita wrote: > Better say that bottom-post is an old habit (and advanced programmers usually > have old habits and not the newbies) and that the rules are enforced by the > advanced programmers because they can help the others, and th

Re: [OT] The Happy, Happy, Feel Good Thread (WAS: New Document: "How to Start Contributing to or Using Open Source Software")

2011-01-02 Thread Octavian Rasnita
From: "Brandon McCaig" On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 9:39 AM, Raymond Wan wrote: > An extension to your reasoning is that there aren't just two groups of > users on this list -- advanced and newbies -- but multiple levels. > Beginners who don't follow the advanced programmers' rules may have > questions

Increment Operators

2011-01-02 Thread J. S. John
Hi all, I'm new to Perl. The only other language I know is Matlab/Octave and I'm still working my way around Linux. I am using Shlomi Fish's tutorial on perl until I get the llama book. I'm stuck on section [4.1. "+=" and friends ] [1]. I don't really understand the part "$a *= 2; $b += 1;" What is

Re: Increment Operators

2011-01-02 Thread Parag Kalra
That means: $a = $a * 2 i.e take the existing value of $a, multiply it with 2 and reassign it to $a Cheers, Parag On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 4:00 PM, J. S. John wrote: > Hi all, I'm new to Perl. The only other language I know is > Matlab/Octave and I'm still working my way around Linux. I am usi

Re: Increment Operators

2011-01-02 Thread Sheppy R
Sorry, forgot to reply-to-all again :( $a *= 2; Basically translates to this: $a = $a * 2; just like $b += 1; translates to: $b = $b + 1; On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 7:00 PM, J. S. John wrote: > Hi all, I'm new to Perl. The only other language I know is > Matlab/Octave and I'm still working my

Re: Increment Operators

2011-01-02 Thread Shawn H Corey
On 11-01-02 07:07 PM, Sheppy R wrote: Sorry, forgot to reply-to-all again:( $a *= 2; Basically translates to this: $a = $a * 2; just like $b += 1; translates to: $b = $b + 1; This is true of almost every binary operator. Some of the weird ones: $x ||= 0; # if $x is zero, undef, or an

Re: Increment Operators

2011-01-02 Thread Uri Guttman
> "JSJ" == J S John writes: JSJ> Hi all, I'm new to Perl. The only other language I know is JSJ> Matlab/Octave and I'm still working my way around Linux. I am using JSJ> Shlomi Fish's tutorial on perl until I get the llama book. I'm stuck JSJ> on section [4.1. "+=" and friends ] [1].

Re: Increment Operators

2011-01-02 Thread Donald Calloway
$a *= $b means the same thing as $a = $a * $b. On Sun, 02 Jan 2011 19:00:05 -0500, J. S. John wrote: Hi all, I'm new to Perl. The only other language I know is Matlab/Octave and I'm still working my way around Linux. I am using Shlomi Fish's tutorial on perl until I get the llama book. I'm

Net::Cassandra

2011-01-02 Thread practicalperl
Has anybody here been using Net::Cassandra? I used but sometime found it run with problems. Not sure it's me or this module or the cassandra server's problem. Thanks. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.p

perl training material and excercises for freshers

2011-01-02 Thread Sunita Rani Pradhan
Hi All I am planning to give Perl training to my juniors in my team. They are new to Perl. Could anyone please send me any Perl training materials with exercises, or links, which I can refer to? Please send me good suggestions also for training. Thanks & Regards Sunita