Hello,
I am hoping to get some help solving a problem I am having with what I am
assuming is only a problem for me due to my ignorance when it comes to perl
data types. I have a script that reads some information from a comma
separated file. The file contains 4 fields. The last field is the one I am
having problems with. I read the fields into an array called @settings and
I retrieve the 4th fields with $settings[3] and assign it to $signon
($signon = $settings[3]). I then append the field to another string and
calculate a CRC-16 from the full string. I don't get the result that I
expect. Now on the other hand, if I set a variable up as $signon = "VALUE"
where VALUE is identical to what I would have read from the fourth field of
the file, I get the correct result. So to get it to work I would have to
code in the signon which is not an option for me. I have verified that what
I am reading from the file is the correct value by printing $settings[3] to
the screen.
So my question is how do I make perl treat
$signon = $settings[3];
and
$signon = "VALUE";
exactly the same string wise?
Things I have tried:
$signon = "$settings[3]";
$signon = '$settings[3]';
$signon = ${settings}[3];
Skipped the assignment of $signon and appended $settings[3] directly to the
string.
Re-typed my file (very carefully)
Now I am stumped. Help would be great.
thanks
Ollie
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