OT - Perl Question

2003-11-11 Thread Darryl Hoar
I am trying to learn perl. I am going through a tutorial and have come across a syntax error I can't figure out. Here's the code: print Please tell me your name: ; chop ($name=STDIN); print Please tell me your nationality: ; chop ($nation=STDIN); if ( $nation eq British or $nation eq New

Re: OT - Perl Question

2003-11-11 Thread Fernando Gleiser
On Tue, 11 Nov 2003, Darryl Hoar wrote: if ( $nation eq British or $nation eq New Zealand ) { print Hallo $name, pleased to meet you!\n; } when I try to run it, it generates a compile errors on the if line. I know its the conditional test, but don't know how to fix it to be

Re: OT - Perl Question

2003-11-11 Thread Matthew Seaman
On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 02:57:04PM -0600, Darryl Hoar wrote: I am trying to learn perl. I am going through a tutorial and have come across a syntax error I can't figure out. Here's the code: print Please tell me your name: ; chop ($name=STDIN); print Please tell me your nationality: ;