Chris Share wrote: > Hi, Hello,
> I'm a C programmer teaching myself Perl. I'm working on Windows XP using > ActivePerl and Eclipse (EPIC). > > I've got a question about $| = 1; > > If I run the following program: > > #!/usr/local/bin/perl > > use strict; > use warnings; > > print "What is your name? "; > my $name = <STDIN>; > chomp $name; > print "Hello, $name!\n"; > > the command line does nothing until I enter some text, at which point > the program runs and outputs the following: > > Test > What is your name? Hello, Test! > > What I don't get is why the print statement doesn't execute? > > If I add $| = 1; at the top of the program this fixes the problem and > the program runs as expected. > > Could someone explain what's going on here, or point me to an explanation. Read MJD's arcticle "Suffering from Buffering?" at http://perl.plover.com/FAQs/Buffering.html John -- Perl isn't a toolbox, but a small machine shop where you can special-order certain sorts of tools at low cost and in short order. -- Larry Wall -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
