> DO you really think that would be in the documentation? > > Read 'perlhist':
How do you know this? I would never have thought to come up with the 8 letters - "perlhist". I just look on the Perl Bookshelf from O'Reilly, but I couldn't find any reference to the birthdate. I think that's remained one of my biggest frustrations -- people ask a question on the list, and someone will reply saying, in effect, "Hey, dumb dumb, the answer is right there in perldoc perlre!" How in the world is a beginner supposed to know that? So in this case, how should I have gone about looking for that magical 8 letters above? If that's one of my biggest frustrations, I'd say I'm doing pretty well. Isn't perl great? =) - B ************************************** 502% perldoc -f birth No documentation for perl function `birth' found 503% perldoc -f birthdate No documentation for perl function `birthdate' found 504% perldoc -f birthday No documentation for perl function `birthday' found 505% perldoc birthday No documentation found for "birthday". 506% perldoc birth No documentation found for "birth". 507% perldoc -q birth No documentation for perl FAQ keyword `birth' found 508% perldoc -q birthdate No documentation for perl FAQ keyword `birthdate' found 509% perldoc -q born No documentation for perl FAQ keyword `born' found -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
