I'll try that. To answer your question I'm using @settings = split /,/, $_; to set up my array.
-----Original Message----- From: Tanton Gibbs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, December 02, 2002 2:20 PM To: File Send; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Perl types? I'm not sure how you read in the fields, but the last one probably has a newline appended to it. You should chomp( $settings[3] ); before you use it. ----- Original Message ----- From: "File Send" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 02, 2002 2:16 PM Subject: Perl types? > 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 > > > -- > 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]
