On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 3:42 PM, Dave Cross <[email protected]> wrote: > On 02/09/2009 13:46, Lyle wrote: > > > For example to define a variable in C you need to declare what type it > > is e.g. > > > > Number = int > > Letter = char > > Word = varchar > > It's been a while since I looked at C, but I don't think it has a > 'varchar' datatype. Are you confusing C with SQL :-) > > [ snip ] > > > my $name = 'Lyle'; > > print “Hello $name”; > > A common problem with producing programming tutorials using software > aimed at word processing is that you end up with code which contains > "smart quotes" as above - which then won't compile. That's potentially > confusing to newcomers. >
If only Perl had some kind of built-in format for producing documentation... ;-) > > [ snip ] > > > You have all the normal math operators. > > Grr! It's "maths" on this side of the Atlantic :-) > > Cheers, > > Dave... > _______________________________________________ > BristolBathPM mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.bristolbath.org/mailman/listinfo/bristolbathpm >
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