But the values HAVE to be read in.. Each run is different and could have different values.. I could set a default set of values, but still need to read in a .cfg to get the actual Values. Tis why I went down this ugly road....
Any insight as to how to make it work as I would like? Being able to read in the values Via a .cfg ??? -Ron -----Original Message----- From: Randal L. Schwartz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2001 4:34 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Ronald Yacketta Subject: Re: Reading config file issues >>>>> "Ronald" == Ronald Yacketta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>>> writes: Ronald> my Ronald> ($g_all_cl,$g_p5_cl,$g_p299_cl,$g_imp143_cl,$g_imp5_cl,$g_imp_14 Ronald> _cl,$g_val_c Ronald> l, Ronald> $g_all_cl_think,$g_p5_cl_think,$g_p299_cl_think,$g_imp143_cl_think,$g_im p5_c Ronald> l_think, Ronald> $g_imp_14_cl_think,$g_val_cl_think,$g_all_cl_stagger,$g_p5_cl_stagger, Ronald> $g_p299_cl_stagger,$g_imp143_cl_stagger,$g_imp5_cl_stagger,$g_imp_14_cl_ stag Ronald> ger, Ronald> $g_val_cl_stagger,$g_all_fast,$g_imp1_5_fast,$g_imp1_14_fast,$g_imp1_143 _fas Ronald> t, Ronald> $g_pact_5_fast,$g_pact_299_fast,$g_valid_fast,$g_all_sleepy,$g_imp1_5_sl eepy Ronald> , Ronald> $g_imp1_14_sleepy,$g_imp1_143_sleepy,$g_pact_5_sleepy,$g_pact_299_sleepy ,$g_ Ronald> valid_sleepy, Ronald> $acf2_file ); Ewww! My eyes hurt even looking at this. You cannot expect any maintenance programmer to not mess up on this horribly. And of course, the worst was yet to come: Ronald> $$variable = $value; Yes. Wrong. So Wrong. If the answer is "create a variable name based on the contents of another variable", you've asked the wrong question. Please back up. Start over. Create a hash with these values. Don't create 150 separate variables! -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/> Perl/Unix/security consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See PerlTraining.Stonehenge.com for onsite and open-enrollment Perl training! -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
