Re: Redirecting to another url with parameters using post method

2007-08-26 Thread Mumia W.
On 08/25/2007 07:39 PM, Gunnar Hjalmarsson wrote: Mumia W. wrote: On 08/25/2007 04:32 PM, Gunnar Hjalmarsson wrote: Jeff Pang wrote: 2007/8/25, Praveena Vittal [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I want to redirect to a different url with the parameters in the post method. Well,see 'perldoc CGI' and

Re: Convert int for string

2007-08-26 Thread Xavier Noria
On Aug 26, 2007, at 3:22 AM, Randal L. Schwartz wrote: Perl is a very strongly typed language. The problem is that people keep thinking number or string is a type in Perl. It isn't. The type is called scalar. Other types are array and hash and filehandle and dirhandle and built-in

Re: Trying to dynamically create arrays, getting can't use string as ARRAY ref

2007-08-26 Thread Justin The Cynical
On Aug 24, 9:11 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Randal L. Schwartz) wrote: Justin == Justin The Cynical [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Justin The Llama presents hashes as single value to a key, so I never thought Justin to make a hash of arrays. That's because (a) an arrayref is still a single value, so

Re: Convert int for string

2007-08-26 Thread Peter Scott
On Sat, 25 Aug 2007 18:22:13 -0700, (Randal L. Schwartz) wrote: Jeff == Jeff Pang [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Jeff Perl isn't a strong type language like C,so you don't have the need to Jeff convert the variable type distinctly. Perl is a very strongly typed language. The problem is that

Re: Trying to dynamically create arrays, getting can't use string as ARRAY ref

2007-08-26 Thread Peter Scott
On Sun, 26 Aug 2007 01:00:31 +, Justin The Cynical wrote: On Aug 24, 9:11 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Randal L. Schwartz) wrote: That's because (a) an arrayref is still a single value, so we haven't really lied, so much as just simplified to what can be handled in the first 30 hours with Perl,

Re: Convert int for string

2007-08-26 Thread Xavier Noria
On Aug 26, 2007, at 3:52 PM, Peter Scott wrote: The term strong typing is so ill-defined as to make this an angels-dancing-on-a-pinhead discussion and unlikely to lead to any enlightenment. Even the Wikipedia definition says that there *is* no accepted definition and some of the common usages

Re: Trying to dynamically create arrays, getting can't use string as ARRAY ref

2007-08-26 Thread Mr. Shawn H. Corey
Peter Scott wrote: Don't use the term symlink, however tempting, or you'll confuse yourself and others about real symlinks. Yes, it's not an array in the hash; it's a scalar containing a *reference* to an array, and there may or may not be other references to that array elsewhere in the program

Re: Trying to dynamically create arrays, getting can't use string as ARRAY ref

2007-08-26 Thread Peter Scott
On Sun, 26 Aug 2007 12:17:49 -0400, Mr. Shawn H. Corey wrote: Peter Scott wrote: Don't use the term symlink, however tempting, or you'll confuse yourself and others about real symlinks. Yes, it's not an array in the hash; it's a scalar containing a *reference* to an array, and there may or

Re: subroutine references

2007-08-26 Thread Mr. Shawn H. Corey
Dr.Ruud wrote: Why do people who write these books have exercises of little practical value? An exercise needs to be educational. I have worked in programming for 25 years and during that time I have never use a closure and have never seen one used. I may be harsh in my definitions but

Re: subroutine references

2007-08-26 Thread Randal L. Schwartz
Mr == Mr Shawn H Corey [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Mr Objects can do the same things as closures, which is store and hide data, Mr but don't have this problem of having to keep in mind two phases of the Mr same code. But objects have fixed code with variable data. Closures can have variable code

Re: subroutine references

2007-08-26 Thread Mr. Shawn H. Corey
Randal L. Schwartz wrote: Think of closures as variables that hold behavior. Sure, maybe you've never needed that in your legendary 25 years in the industry, but I've used it *frequently* in my 30 years. :) Why do you include an insult with every thing you post? BTW, what legends do you

Re: subroutine references

2007-08-26 Thread Randal L. Schwartz
Shawn == Shawn H Corey [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Shawn Why do you include an insult with every thing you post? I don't think I do. I was only making fun of your claim, since you made the claim. Why did you include 25 years? It just sets you up for a fall. :) Shawn BTW, what legends do you

Re: subroutine references

2007-08-26 Thread Mr. Shawn H. Corey
Randal L. Schwartz wrote: Shawn == Shawn H Corey [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Shawn Why do you include an insult with every thing you post? I don't think I do. I was only making fun of your claim, since you made the claim. Why did you include 25 years? It just sets you up for a fall. :) Oh,

Re: subroutine references

2007-08-26 Thread Randal L. Schwartz
Shawn == Mr Shawn H Corey [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Shawn Oh, I get it. When I said 25 years, you thought that I meant 25 years Shawn with Perl. No. Shawn Sorry, about the confusion. No confusion. Shawn I have programmed in many different languages and have never seen a Shawn closure.

Re: File::Find

2007-08-26 Thread Somu
The code didnt work. Error: Can't stat /my/dir: No such file or directory at test.pl line 12 On 8/20/07, Martin Barth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 17 Aug 2007 07:48:33 -0700 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Randal L. Schwartz) wrote: Why not just: my @list; find sub { push @list,

Re: subroutine references

2007-08-26 Thread Rob Dixon
Mr. Shawn H. Corey wrote: Dr.Ruud wrote: Why do people who write these books have exercises of little practical value? An exercise needs to be educational. I have worked in programming for 25 years and during that time I have never use a closure and have never seen one used. I may be

Re: File::Find

2007-08-26 Thread Randal L. Schwartz
Somu == Somu [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Somu The code didnt work. Error: Somu Can't stat /my/dir: No such file or directory Somu at test.pl line 12 Then you don't have /my/dir. :) I'd actually be surprised if you did. I haven't seen any systems that have /my as a top-level directory. --

Re: Redirecting to another url with parameters using post method

2007-08-26 Thread Gunnar Hjalmarsson
Mumia W. wrote: Mumia W. wrote: On 08/25/2007 04:32 PM, Gunnar Hjalmarsson wrote: Jeff Pang wrote: 2007/8/25, Praveena Vittal [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I want to redirect to a different url with the parameters in the post method. Well,see 'perldoc CGI' and specially check for, param, redirect.

Re: subroutine references

2007-08-26 Thread brian d foy
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Mr. Shawn H. Corey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Chris wrote: I'm working on yet another exercise from Intermediate Perl. I've been given a script that searches for files that fall between a two timestamps. Why do people who write these books have exercises of

Re: building Perl 5.8.8

2007-08-26 Thread brian d foy
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Robert Hicks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When it asks about threads should I enable them or no? In Perl's Configure, if you don't understand the question, accept the default answer. :) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail:

Re: Redirecting to another url with parameters using post method

2007-08-26 Thread yitzle
On 8/26/07, Gunnar Hjalmarsson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mumia W. wrote: snip Btw, is this technique properly documented anywhere, or would it be a suitable addition to perlfaq9? Its not a Perl technique. Its part of the HTTP specs. PS Why do my emails show up on the www.codecomments.com

Re: subroutine references

2007-08-26 Thread Chas Owens
On 8/26/07, Mr. Shawn H. Corey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dr.Ruud wrote: Why do people who write these books have exercises of little practical value? An exercise needs to be educational. I have worked in programming for 25 years and during that time I have never use a closure and have

a division warning

2007-08-26 Thread lists user
I run a perl command below, perl -Mstrict -Mwarnings -e 'eval {my $x=3;my $y=$x-3;$x/$y};print hello' Useless use of division (/) in void context at -e line 1. hello I'm confused about the first warning.What's it?thanks. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands,

Re: a division warning

2007-08-26 Thread Chas Owens
On 8/26/07, lists user [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I run a perl command below, perl -Mstrict -Mwarnings -e 'eval {my $x=3;my $y=$x-3;$x/$y};print hello' Useless use of division (/) in void context at -e line 1. hello I'm confused about the first warning.What's it?thanks. Let's break this down

Re: Redirecting to another url with parameters using post method

2007-08-26 Thread Gunnar Hjalmarsson
yitzle wrote: On 8/26/07, Gunnar Hjalmarsson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Btw, is this technique properly documented anywhere, or would it be a suitable addition to perlfaq9? Its not a Perl technique. Its part of the HTTP specs. quote NAME perlfaq9 - Networking ($Revision: 1.15 $, $Date:

Longest prefix match

2007-08-26 Thread Mihir Kamdar
Hi, I want to implement longest prefix match in my code in perl, but am not able to get started with it. I am sure, it can be easily achieved with the help of regex in perl, but I haven't worked on it. Following is what I want to do:- If the phone number is +852 --- The country is Hong Kong

Re: Longest prefix match

2007-08-26 Thread Chas Owens
On 8/27/07, Mihir Kamdar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I want to implement longest prefix match in my code in perl, but am not able to get started with it. I am sure, it can be easily achieved with the help of regex in perl, but I haven't worked on it. Following is what I want to do:- If

Re: Longest prefix match

2007-08-26 Thread Jeff Pang
first build a hash which record all countries and their codes. my %countries = (852 = 'Hong Kong', 853 = 'Macau' ...); then use regex or other ways (I prefer substr) to get the prefix. my $prefix = substr($string,1,3); last get the country name via the prefix code. my $country =

Re: Longest prefix match

2007-08-26 Thread Gunnar Hjalmarsson
Mihir Kamdar wrote: I want to implement longest prefix match in my code in perl, but am not able to get started with it. I am sure, it can be easily achieved with the help of regex in perl, but I haven't worked on it. perldoc perlrequick perldoc perlretut perldoc perlre Good luck!