From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 11 April 2006 07:16 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: messy regex
> i think i see what has happened. i intended the code and the test data to go into two > separate files, but it seems you have put everything into the same file. sorry i > was not more clear about this. i intended the test code to be invoked like this: > > perl test_code.pl test_data.dat > > if the code and data are placed in separate files, the perl code will open the > data file and process the data line by line, with each line being a listing. Actually, it is easier if the code and test data are in the same file for instances like this. That is what the __DATA__ tag, and the DATA file handle are for. See 'perldoc perldata' for more info. HTH -- Brian Raven ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email ______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________ ActivePerl mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs
