>>>>> "Michael" == Michael Fowler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Michael> I was referring to what the original text is trying to do, Michael> not what his variation parses into. Are you saying Learning Michael> Perl is using the glob operator to get a string to iterate Michael> over? I wouldn't think that was the case. No, that's some mutation by the original poster. We never suggest that, or even suggest it might work. I don't know why people end up doing that occasionally... it baffles me. I suppose it's like an experienced carpenter watching an apprentice beat a nail in with a screwdriver. "I would have never tried that, actually, and it looks durn inefficient. Maybe you should stop doing that." -- 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]