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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Mike Donnelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Tuesday, December 21, 2004 10:58 am
> Subject: Getopt::Long , handles the number zero
> differently..
>
> Hello
> >
> >
> > Using the example code below, I find that I can
>
> Please paste working code....
Sorry Bout' that .. chopped a line
> > use getopt handily to pass all sorts of
> > variables to my script, as long as a
> > value passed is not a 0 (zero)
>
> are you sure ??
Well, I WAS sure..
> >
> > How to I use getopt::long and be able to
> > pass the number zero as a value?
> exactly as you coded below. The problem is not in
> your getopt code, but in your print statment. The OP
> if $foo, will return false on integer value of 0.
You are correct and I thank you for the help.
>
> > Code, and behavior follows
> >
> > Thanks! Mike D
> > .....................
> > MYTEST
> > #!/usr/local/bin/perl
> > use Getopt::Long;
> > GetOptions("o"=>\$oflag,
> > "string=s"=>\$stringmandatory,
> > "int=i"=> \$mandatoryinteger,
> > print "oflag $oflag\n" if $oflag;
> > print "stringmandatory $stringmandatory\n" if
> > $stringmandatory;
> > print "mandatoryinteger $mandatoryinteger\n" if
> > $mandatoryinteger;
> # try this
> print "mandatoryinteger $mandatoryinteger\n" if
> $mandatoryinteger >= 0;
> >
> > print "Unprocessed by Getopt::Long\n" if $ARGV[0];
> > foreach (@ARGV) {
> > print "$_\n";
> > }
> > ................................
> >
> > # ./MYTEST --string=abc
> > stringmandatory abc
> > # ./MYTEST --string=1
> > stringmandatory 1
> > # ./MYTEST --string=0
> > # ./MYTEST --int=0
> > # ./MYTEST --int=1
> > mandatoryinteger 1
>
> HTH,
> Mark G
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