[rearranged to bottom posting style] Marc Sacks am Dienstag, 26. September 2006 14:25: > D. Bolliger wrote: > >elite elite am Montag, 25. September 2006 22:27: > >>I not sure what i doing wroung. > > > >I'm not sure either :-) > > > >>Street="Wright"; > > > >This is wrong syntax; "Street" is not a scalar variable, while "$street" > > would be. > > > >>print "$street\n"; > > > >$street is undef here, you didn't assign anything to the $street variable. > > > >>$street="Washington"; > > > >That's ok, but never used. > > > >>And i get this output. > >>Street/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ > > > >Weird, I can't explain that. Your code (is it a snippet from the actual > > code?) does not even compile on my box and (correctly) emits the error: > > > > Can't modify constant item in scalar assignment at - line 1, > > near ""Wright";" > > Execution of - aborted due to compilation errors. > > > > > >- How exactly did you invoke your code? > >- What is output if you run the code: > > > >#!/usr/bin/perl > > > >use strict; > >use warnings; > > > >my $street='Wright'; # ok, why not :-) > >print "$street\n"; > >$street='Washington'; > >print "$street\n"; > > > >__END__ > > > >? > > > > > >Dani
Hello Marc > Odd. I just tried the same code snippet and it worked fine. Do you refer to the original code? #!/usr/bin/perl Street="Wright"; print "$street\n"; $street="Washington"; This would be very odd?!? > You might try putting a space before and after your "=" signs. Yes, many people consider this better formatting style... > I don't know if that makes a difference, but it won't hurt. ... but it won't change the interpretation of the code by perl :-) Dani -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
