Jason Balicki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: : Charles K. Clarkson <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: : $retdate should NOT be in quotes. : : What are the consequences of putting it in quotes? perlfaq4: What's wrong with always quoting "$vars"? : Every place I print in the rest of the script I've : enclosed the variables in quotes, even when I do things : like: : : print LOG "var1 has value $var1\n"; : : I can change it, but I just want to understand why it's : a bad thing. A pointer to documentation is fine. The above is okay. It is not necessary to quote a single variable, though. (See above docs.) HTH, Charles K. Clarkson -- Mobile Homes Specialist 254 968-8328 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>