Cross David - dcross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Thought you might be interested in this post from our frind the Hereford
> Killer. Someone posted some code that used for(;;) loops. And this was bk's
> response:
>
> <begin_quote>
> Erm, My eyes keep darting to your FOR loops. For is mainly used in
> javascript, and perl doesnt handle them, mainly because of the semicolons
> used to split the operations. Instead of for, use foreach, because thats
> close to the perl equivalent of for. I'm not sure exactly what that would
> translate to into perl, but if you want to do something in a foreach loop,
> it would look like
>
> foreach $ArrayItemYouNeedToChange (@TheArray) {
> #do this
> }
>
> Remember, for loops are for JS, not perl. You cant use semicolons in perl,
> unless theyre before a carriage return.
> <end_quote>
>
> And this from someone who describes himself as a "PERL Master".
I haven't laughed so much since Date::MMDDYY...
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