Re: Replying to the perl list (was Re: problem with whitespace not splitting on split.)

2006-04-29 Thread Randal L. Schwartz
Rance == Rance Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Rance All of my other lists behave in the reverse, if you reply, it goes to Rance the list, if you reply all, a second copy goes to the individual. Oh geez. Here we go again. Please read http://www.unicom.com/pw/reply-to-harmful.html. And

RE: Replying to the perl list (was Re: problem with whitespace not splitting on split.)

2006-04-29 Thread Charles K. Clarkson
Randal L. Schwartz wrote: : Oh geez. Here we go again. : : Please read http://www.unicom.com/pw/reply-to-harmful.html. : And understand that *no* list managed at lists.perl.org will : *ever* have reply-to set. Thank goodness. :) : : Your other lists coddle to the beginners who can't operate

Re: Replying to the perl list (was Re: problem with whitespace not splitting on split.)

2006-04-29 Thread Mr. Shawn H. Corey
On Sat, 2006-29-04 at 07:47 -0700, Randal L. Schwartz wrote: Rance == Rance Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Rance All of my other lists behave in the reverse, if you reply, it goes to Rance the list, if you reply all, a second copy goes to the individual. Oh geez. Here we go again.

Re: Replying to the perl list (was Re: problem with whitespace not splitting on split.)

2006-04-29 Thread Jeff Peng
In practice, I use two types of replies. One to all the list recipients and one to only the author of this particular message. It's silly to send the message to the entire list and send a duplicate to the author. (He already has a copy because he is a member of the list.) I do agree

Re: problem with whitespace not splitting on split.

2006-04-28 Thread Jay Savage
On 4/27/06, Chad Perrin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Apr 27, 2006 at 06:27:06PM -0400, Ryan Frantz wrote: I tend to agree with the principles on which you base your opinion, but I don't think they're properly applied here, necessarily. I've never been subscribed to any other interactive

Replying to the perl list (was Re: problem with whitespace not splitting on split.)

2006-04-28 Thread Rance Hall
Chad Perrin wrote: On Thu, Apr 27, 2006 at 08:42:51AM -0500, Rance Hall wrote: some mail readers are probably capable of reading the list header and figuring it out, but I bet others don't (like mine) I use Mutt, which allows me to list-reply, but without setting up custom configurations it

Re: problem with whitespace not splitting on split.

2006-04-28 Thread Chad Perrin
On Fri, Apr 28, 2006 at 09:48:01AM -0400, Jay Savage wrote: On 4/27/06, Chad Perrin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I tend to agree with the principles on which you base your opinion, but I don't think they're properly applied here, necessarily. I've never been subscribed to any other interactive

Re: problem with whitespace not splitting on split.

2006-04-28 Thread Chad Perrin
On Fri, Apr 28, 2006 at 10:20:52AM -0600, Chad Perrin wrote: The *only* way you lose functionality by rewriting reply-to is if you also munge from so it looks like the massage came from the list. I've know lists that do that, but this isn't one of them. That would be a change in list

Re: problem with whitespace not splitting on split.

2006-04-27 Thread Rance Hall
Chad Perrin wrote: On Wed, Apr 26, 2006 at 03:22:16PM -0500, Rance Hall wrote: I'm working on a new perl script thats giving me fits. [snip] I just sent a lengthy reply to this that was supposed to go to the list, but accidentally sent it to the individual. I don't care to try to

Re: problem with whitespace not splitting on split. -SOLVED - with followup

2006-04-27 Thread Rance Hall
Timothy Johnson wrote: The confusion comes from the poor wording of the perldoc. As a special case, specifying a PATTERN of space (' ') will split on white space just as split with no arguments does. Thus, split(' ') can be used to emulate awk's default behavior, whereas split(/ /) will

Re: problem with whitespace not splitting on split. -SOLVED - with followup

2006-04-27 Thread Jay Savage
On 4/27/06, Rance Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snip] just to let everyone know, (I thought I had done this already but with the list reply stuff I messed that up) The problem is fixed, my split was correct, but my test to see if my split was correct was wrong Glad you got it worked out!

#$ary ??? (was: Re: problem with whitespace not splitting on split. -SOLVED - with followup)

2006-04-27 Thread Dr.Ruud
Jay Savage schreef: for (0..#$arrayname) { print $array[$_] } The #$ should be $# and you have two different array names there that I assume you meant equal. Alternative 1: print $ary[$_] for $[ .. $#ary; Alternative 2: print for @ary; -- Affijn, Ruud Gewoon is een tijger.

Re: #$ary ??? (was: Re: problem with whitespace not splitting on split. -SOLVED - with followup)

2006-04-27 Thread Jay Savage
On 4/27/06, Dr.Ruud [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jay Savage schreef: for (0..#$arrayname) { print $array[$_] } The #$ should be $# and you have two different array names there that I assume you meant equal. Not enough coffee this morning, I guess, but the point was to illustrate, not give

Re: problem with whitespace not splitting on split.

2006-04-27 Thread Chad Perrin
On Thu, Apr 27, 2006 at 08:42:51AM -0500, Rance Hall wrote: some mail readers are probably capable of reading the list header and figuring it out, but I bet others don't (like mine) I use Mutt, which allows me to list-reply, but without setting up custom configurations it doesn't use

RE: problem with whitespace not splitting on split.

2006-04-27 Thread Ryan Frantz
-Original Message- From: Chad Perrin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2006 6:14 PM To: beginners@perl.org Subject: Re: problem with whitespace not splitting on split. On Thu, Apr 27, 2006 at 08:42:51AM -0500, Rance Hall wrote: some mail readers are probably

Re: problem with whitespace not splitting on split.

2006-04-27 Thread Dr.Ruud
Ryan Frantz schreef: The choice of munging the reply-to is left up to the list manager, really, and (hopefully) is determined by the type/flow of traffic on the list. In some cases, it makes sense to set the reply-to, in others, not. Some clients (and servers) support the Mail-Reply-To and

Re: problem with whitespace not splitting on split.

2006-04-27 Thread Chad Perrin
On Thu, Apr 27, 2006 at 06:27:06PM -0400, Ryan Frantz wrote: Personally, I don't mind it either way as I always double-check my replies and their destinations to be sure they're what I intended. Just because email is fast and convenient, doesn't mean that we should ignore simple steps such

[OT] list-reply (was: Re: problem with whitespace not splitting on split.)

2006-04-27 Thread Dr.Ruud
Chad Perrin schreef: Do you, perhaps, lack an email client that properly handles the list-reply header yourself? A capitalized RE: makes me expect the worst. I am a member of plenty of technical lists (perl, procmail, etc.) that don't munge the Reply-To. When I use a mail-client like

problem with whitespace not splitting on split.

2006-04-26 Thread Rance Hall
I'm working on a new perl script thats giving me fits. Ive never quite seen anything like this. here is the command that is not giving me the results I want. @domain = split(' ',$domainlist); what should have happened was that if there was any whitespace in the file (including new lines, and

Re: problem with whitespace not splitting on split.

2006-04-26 Thread Adriano Ferreira
On 4/26/06, Rance Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: @domain = split(' ',$domainlist); This usage of split only splits at spaces. For example, if $domaintlist contains 'a b c', you will get ('a', 'b', 'c'). It has nothing to do with other kinds of spaces. If you meant @domain = split /\s+/,

RE: problem with whitespace not splitting on split.

2006-04-26 Thread Timothy Johnson
What happens if you are more specific? @domain = split(/\w/,$domainlist); -Original Message- From: Rance Hall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2006 1:22 PM To: beginners@perl.org Subject: problem with whitespace not splitting on split. I'm working on a new perl

Re: problem with whitespace not splitting on split.

2006-04-26 Thread Mr. Shawn H. Corey
On Wed, 2006-26-04 at 15:22 -0500, Rance Hall wrote: I'm working on a new perl script thats giving me fits. Ive never quite seen anything like this. here is the command that is not giving me the results I want. @domain = split(' ',$domainlist); what should have happened was that if

Re: problem with whitespace not splitting on split.

2006-04-26 Thread Tom Phoenix
On 4/26/06, Rance Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: @domain = split(' ',$domainlist); $domainlist = test.domain.com\n\ntest2.domain.com\n\n @domain becomes test.domain.comtest2.domain.com with just one element. Could there be some other character in $domainlist? When I use \n as you're

RE: problem with whitespace not splitting on split.

2006-04-26 Thread Charles K. Clarkson
Mr. Shawn H. Corey wrote: : On Wed, 2006-26-04 at 15:22 -0500, Rance Hall wrote: : : @domain = split /\s+/, $domainlist; : : It's not splitting on whitespace since you are telling it to : split on a single space character (ASCII 0x20). I thought a single space character was whitespace.

RE: problem with whitespace not splitting on split.

2006-04-26 Thread Timothy Johnson
-Original Message- From: Mr. Shawn H. Corey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2006 1:32 PM To: Rance Hall Cc: beginners@perl.org Subject: Re: problem with whitespace not splitting on split. On Wed, 2006-26-04 at 15:22 -0500, Rance Hall wrote: I'm working on a new

Re: problem with whitespace not splitting on split.

2006-04-26 Thread Dr.Ruud
Adriano Ferreira schreef: Rance Hall: @domain = split(' ',$domainlist); This usage of split only splits at spaces. perldoc -f split: As a special case, specifying a PATTERN of space (' ') will split on white space just as split with no arguments does. -- Affijn, Ruud Gewoon is een

Re: problem with whitespace not splitting on split.

2006-04-26 Thread Dr.Ruud
Mr. Shawn H. Corey schreef: Rance Hall: @domain = split(' ',$domainlist); @domain = split /\s+/, $domainlist; It's not splitting on whitespace since you are telling it to split on a single space character (ASCII 0x20). perldoc -f split: As a special case, specifying a PATTERN of space

RE: problem with whitespace not splitting on split.

2006-04-26 Thread Timothy Johnson
The confusion comes from the poor wording of the perldoc. As a special case, specifying a PATTERN of space (' ') will split on white space just as split with no arguments does. Thus, split(' ') can be used to emulate awk's default behavior, whereas split(/ /) will give you as many

Re: problem with whitespace not splitting on split.

2006-04-26 Thread Chad Perrin
On Wed, Apr 26, 2006 at 03:22:16PM -0500, Rance Hall wrote: I'm working on a new perl script thats giving me fits. [snip] I just sent a lengthy reply to this that was supposed to go to the list, but accidentally sent it to the individual. I don't care to try to reconstruct it. It probably

Re: problem with whitespace not splitting on split.

2006-04-26 Thread Dr.Ruud
Chad Perrin schreef: Is there a particular reason this list uses list-reply, with reply defaulting only to the individual? I use a usenet-interface, and that doesn't have this 'problem'. news://nntp.perl.org/perl.beginners -- Affijn, Ruud Gewoon is een tijger. -- To unsubscribe,

Re: problem with whitespace not splitting on split.

2006-04-26 Thread Chad Perrin
On Thu, Apr 27, 2006 at 01:35:07AM +0200, Dr.Ruud wrote: Chad Perrin schreef: Is there a particular reason this list uses list-reply, with reply defaulting only to the individual? I use a usenet-interface, and that doesn't have this 'problem'. news://nntp.perl.org/perl.beginners I

[OT] list-reply (was: Re: problem with whitespace not splitting on split.)

2006-04-26 Thread Dr.Ruud
Chad Perrin schreef: Dr.Ruud: Chad Perrin: Is there a particular reason this list uses list-reply, with reply defaulting only to the individual? I use a usenet-interface, and that doesn't have this 'problem'. news://nntp.perl.org/perl.beginners I don't (and don't really want to), so I