> -----Original Message-----
> From: lorid
> Im want to set the $photo_year and $photo_month to another
> value if it
> is not already set.
>
> my $ARGV[0] will sometimes be passed a string like
> this:nvIGRA with no
> date at end and sometimes with date nvIGRA200511
> if it does not have date I need to set it another way but cant get
> syntax of !defined
>
this will work:
my $filename = $ARGV[0];
if ( $filename =~ /nvIGRA(\d{4})(\d{2})/ ) {
my $photo_year=$1;
my $photo_month=$2;
}
$photo_year=2005 unless defined $photo_year;
$photo_month=7 unless defined $photo_month;
if ($photo_month<10) {
$photo_month="0".$photo_month;
}
note: if you can have other strings other than "nvIGRA" change that
part into a regular expression.
>
>
> my $filename = $ARGV[0];
> my $photo_year;
> $photo_year= substr($filename,6,4);
> my $photo_month ;
> $photo_month= substr($filename,10,2);
> #This just blows my web page
> if(!defined $photo_year){
> $photo_year ="2005";
> }
>
>
> #I have also tried
> if(defined $qphoto_year){
> #test
> $test1 ="Im defined";
> }
> else{
> $test2 ="Im Not defined";
> print "$test2";
> }
>
> How come It always returns Im defined ,even when no date is
> passed should I do some kind of checking on my $ARGV[0]
> before doing the
> asignment $photo_year= substr($filename,6,4);
>
>
> help appreciated
>
> thanks
> lori
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