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Sat Apr 10 06:07:43 1999
Date: Sat, 10 Apr 99 03:00:23 -0700
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Perl-Users Digest Sat, 10 Apr 1999 Volume: 8 Number: 5347
Today's topics:
Re: Active State 5.09 Perl processes hanging under NT 4 <Ravens@Go-Baltimore.com>
Re: Could someone please tell me...... <uri@home.sysarch.com>
Re: dir list utility (BLUESRIFT)
Re: Don't you have to work? (Ran)
Re: Form Buttons/Sendmail/Perl <ffchopin@worldnet.att.net>
Re: free computer13 <startrek@techcom.net>
Free Perl Wizardry tutorial this Wednesday (Mark-Jason Dominus)
Help with Perl and Microsoft Exchange <newman@dynamite.com.au>
Re: HELP with Subsitution <dwight@trumbower.com>
Re: HELP-shopping cart help <ffchopin@worldnet.att.net>
Re: How Do I Declare A Hash Without Errors? <uri@home.sysarch.com>
Re: How do I turn this 1000000 into this 1,000,000 in P gilveiga@my-dejanews.com
Re: How do I turn this 1000000 into this 1,000,000 in P ggveiga@my-dejanews.com
Re: How to pass parameters for perl programs under Acti smnayeem@my-dejanews.com
Re: How to pass parameters for perl programs under Acti smnayeem@my-dejanews.com
Re: How to pass parameters for perl programs under Acti (Larry Rosler)
Re: MQ Series,C/C++,UNIX,Windows NT -- Southern Califor <uri@home.sysarch.com>
Re: pragma - relevant? <elssa09@callisto.si.usherb.ca>
Re: Privacy for slaves forced to use a proxy/firewall t (Ran)
Re: RFC: new module File::FlockDir (long) wherrera@my-dejanews.com
Re: SORT BY DATE (Sam Holden)
Re: SORT BY DATE (Larry Rosler)
strcmpi() and toupper() in Perl (Glenn T. Jayaputera)
Re: strcmpi() and toupper() in Perl <newman@dynamite.com.au>
Re: Thank You comp.lang.perl.misc! <uri@home.sysarch.com>
Re: Thank You comp.lang.perl.misc! (Ilya Zakharevich)
Special: Digest Administrivia (Last modified: 12 Dec 98 (Perl-Users-Digest Admin)
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Date: Fri, 09 Apr 1999 22:34:01 -0400
From: Raven513 <Ravens@Go-Baltimore.com>
Subject: Re: Active State 5.09 Perl processes hanging under NT 4.0
Message-Id: <370EB899.1C6C@Go-Baltimore.com>
Bill Morgan wrote:
>
> When you say "Service Pack", you mean you have to install v3.6.1, correct?
> There isn't a patch or anything for v3.6, it seems, at the Netscape site.
>
3.6.1 includes service pack 1 for 3.6. while 3.6.1 fixed our problem, i
should warn you that the processes take much longer than I expect to
die. its obvious to me netscape is having some difficulties with this
issue.
Raven513
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Date: 10 Apr 1999 00:31:40 -0400
From: Uri Guttman <uri@home.sysarch.com>
Subject: Re: Could someone please tell me......
Message-Id: <x7r9ptqeoj.fsf@home.sysarch.com>
>>>>> "JS" == Jonathan Stowe <gellyfish@gellyfish.com> writes:
JS> On Fri, 9 Apr 1999 14:27:07 +0200 Jon wrote:
>> Is Perl v5.004_04 Y2K compliant?
>>
JS> No I'm afraid it is entirely non-compliant and the majority of us
JS> are now actually hanging out here for purposes of nostalgia whilst
JS> earning vast sums of money porting all of those Perl applications
JS> to COBOL.
but you will be out of a job as i wrote a perl to cobol translator i
have threatened to use as punishment for various coding felonies i have
witnessed. also as a way to coerce various perl hackers to do my whims.
uri
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Date: 10 Apr 1999 07:46:07 GMT
From: bluesrift@aol.com (BLUESRIFT)
Subject: Re: dir list utility
Message-Id: <19990410034607.00146.00001024@ng93.aol.com>
>What about just using opendir/readdir?
>
>see the docs ;
>
>perldoc -f opendir
>perldoc -f readdir
>
>HTH.
Actually, I have already tried that and am able to get a listing when I supply
an absolute path eg /absolutepath/ but when I substitute a valid http:// path
no listing is produced. What am I doing wrong?
print "Directory Listing\n";
opendir THEDIR, "http://www.myplace.com/" || &dienice('nodir',$!);
@allfiles = readdir THEDIR;
closedir THEDIR;
foreach $file (@allfiles) {
print "$file\n";
}
print "-list complete-\n";}
Thanks!
Rob Bell
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Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 03:34:02 GMT
From: ran@netgate.net (Ran)
Subject: Re: Don't you have to work?
Message-Id: <923715242.419.28@news.remarQ.com>
In <370EAA7F.6396A541@erols.com>, "Matthew O. Persico" <mpersico@erols.com> writes:
>His personality was fetching and it was a break from the usual geek-oid
>sterotypical behaviors (See billg@microsoft.com)
No, it's Larry's behavior that's "the usual geek-oid": Bill's is that
of "the usual marketroid"...
Ran
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Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 00:53:20 -0400
From: "Jason Simms" <ffchopin@worldnet.att.net>
Subject: Re: Form Buttons/Sendmail/Perl
Message-Id: <7emmm7$pmb$1@bgtnsc03.worldnet.att.net>
> I've been looking all over the place for some documentation, but haven't
been
> able to find it.
Well, this is entirely a CGI question, and so the answers you seek are best
found in comp.infosystems.www.authoring.cgi. I am more than likely sure
that it can be done, though, so good luck!
Jason Simms
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Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 03:03:00 GMT
From: "opus007" <startrek@techcom.net>
Subject: Re: free computer13
Message-Id: <EbzP2.8869$6W3.17464359@firenze.visi.net>
Something tells me that Michael Dell and his attorneys would be interested
in this post. Think I will forward it to Dell (my favorite computer company
:->) and let them take it from there.
And by the way idiot - Dell has been around for longer than 5 years!
I hate spam.
--
opus
"Laissez les bons temps rouler"
webmaster wrote in message <7eg4vn$bsp$10@iceman.tac.net>...
>Free Computer at http://giveaways.arecool.net
>
>DELL IS GIVING AWAY 500 FREE PENTIUM 500 Computers to celebrate their 5th
>anniversary.
>
>Hurry and if you are one of the first 500 people you win a new computer!!!
>
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Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 02:56:15 GMT
From: mjd-perl-tricks@plover.com (Mark-Jason Dominus)
Subject: Free Perl Wizardry tutorial this Wednesday
Message-Id: <370ebdce.8d7$10@news.op.net>
Next month, and also at the O'Reilly Perl conference in August, I'll
be giving a three-hour class called `Tricks of the Wizards'. I want
to get some advance practice, so I'll be giving this class for free in
Center City. I'd be delighted if you'd come.
The tutorial will be at CyberLoft, at 1525 Walnut Street in Center
City, at 5:30 PM on Wednesday, 14 April. It will last about 3 hours.
Full details about the tutorial are available from
http://www.plover.com/~mjd/perl/TPC/1999/WizardTOC.html
Note that there is a prerequisite: You must be familiar with packages,
references, objects, and modules in Perl; otherwise you probably won't
get much out of the class.
Right now there are about 10 seats available. If you are interested
in coming should send an email message to me at
mjd-perl-tricks@plover.com
You can send me questions at that address also.
Also please feel free to circulated this notice to any person or
organization that you think might be interested. Please don't
circulate it after 5:30 PM on Wednesday.
The class is made possible thought the kindness of CyberLoft
(http://www.cyberloft.com) and the Philadelphia Perl Mongers
(http://phl.pm.org).
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Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 19:27:59 +1000
From: Chris Newman <newman@dynamite.com.au>
Subject: Help with Perl and Microsoft Exchange
Message-Id: <370F199C.66C8DE6@dynamite.com.au>
I have a survey form on our corporate intranet and I collect responses
in a flat file on the server. I am confident that I can design a Perl
script that accepts the contents of the file into an array, perform a
field sort and generate a report in HTML. I then want to send this
report as an attachment to my e-mail account (we run Microsoft Outlook
and Exchange Server).
I am not sure how to go about this? Can someone help me or at least
point me to an appropriate reference?
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Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1999 22:18:48 -0400
From: "Dwight Trumbower" <dwight@trumbower.com>
Subject: Re: HELP with Subsitution
Message-Id: <923710759.316027@proxy2.bigplanet.com>
Just perl work. My other skills would make you safe.
--
Dwight Trumbower
Trumbower Computer Consulting
Jonathan Stowe <gellyfish@gellyfish.com> wrote in message
news:7elgh0$1n5$1@gellyfish.btinternet.com...
> On Fri, 9 Apr 1999 05:20:18 -0400 Dwight Trumbower wrote:
> >
> > I love learning on the fly for production work. You always learn enough
to
> > be dangerous but not enough to know exactly what you are doing.
> >
>
> Just so long as you keep away from my bank account with any of your work
;-}
>
> /J\
> --
> Jonathan Stowe <jns@gellyfish.com>
> Some of your questions answered:
> <URL:http://www.btinternet.com/~gellyfish/resources/wwwfaq.htm>
> Hastings:
<URL:http://www.newhoo.com/Regional/UK/England/East_Sussex/Hastings>
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Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 01:05:48 -0400
From: "Jason Simms" <ffchopin@worldnet.att.net>
Subject: Re: HELP-shopping cart help
Message-Id: <7emndn$svd$1@bgtnsc03.worldnet.att.net>
> Alternatively, can anyone else recommend another good shopping cart
> program? Any help is greatly appreciated.....
Yeah - write your own! I always find that custom-written ones fit exactly
what you need while pre-built ones require you to settle for something less
or different from what you envision or need. I know this really isn't much
help, but when you think that if you had written your own, or had a
reputable freelancer do it (and do a good job), you perhaps would not be
wandering around looking for help and instead making money with the web...
Jason Simms
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Date: 10 Apr 1999 00:42:22 -0400
From: Uri Guttman <uri@home.sysarch.com>
Subject: Re: How Do I Declare A Hash Without Errors?
Message-Id: <x7emltqe6o.fsf@home.sysarch.com>
>>>>> "JO" == Jerome O'Neil <jeromeo@atrieva.com> writes:
JO> my %hash=();
no need for the (). it only adds line noise and confuses newbies. my
declared aggregates are always empty when created.
uri
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Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 03:15:48 GMT
From: gilveiga@my-dejanews.com
Subject: Re: How do I turn this 1000000 into this 1,000,000 in Perl?
Message-Id: <7emfov$n7t$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>
In article <MPG.1173b598ee4e2e1989714@206.184.139.132>,
moseley@best.com (Bill Moseley) wrote:
> In article <VwaO2.187$xI5.7172@typhoon.nycap.rr.com>, indexfinger@usa.net
> says...
> > How do I turn this 1000000 into this 1,000,000 in Perl?
>
> perlfaq5.pod
> How can I output my numbers with commas added?
"commify" (the answer in faq above) is a bit of a poorman's solution to the
problem. Module Format::Number (available from CPAN) seems to take care of
all the details. For example, it retrieves your "thousands separator" from
the system locale.
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Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 03:41:05 GMT
From: ggveiga@my-dejanews.com
Subject: Re: How do I turn this 1000000 into this 1,000,000 in Perl?
Message-Id: <7emh8g$oeq$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>
In article <x7pv5esag5.fsf@home.sysarch.com>,
>
> for the correct answer, see perlfaq5, How can I output my numbers with
> commas added?
Even the faq answer is a bit of a poorman's solution to the problem. For an
approach that takes care of most of details, use module Format::Number
(available from CPAN). For instance, it will use your locale's thousand
separator and decimal point characters.
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Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 04:06:52 GMT
From: smnayeem@my-dejanews.com
Subject: Re: How to pass parameters for perl programs under ActivePerl?
Message-Id: <7emiop$pel$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>
In article <370D6EF5.C20C9CAC@cstone.net>,
Patrick Hays <pjh@cstone.net> wrote:
> You wouldn't by any remote possibility be putting your arguments between
> perl and myprog.pl instead of _after_ myprog.pl?
>
> David Cassell wrote:
> >
> > agniora@usa.net wrote:
> > >
> > > I am using ActivePerl on WinNT platform. But everytime i have to run a
script
> > > i have to type perl myprog.pl but i need to pass some parameters to my
> > > program, adding parameters to the above line doesnt work cause it gets
taken
> > > as an argument to the perl program not myprog.pl does anyone know any
> > > workaround to this?
> > >
> > > thanks
> > > Nayeem (agniora)
> > >
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> >
> > Are you using build 509 or 513? If so, and it doesn't work right, read
> > the
> > win32 Perl docs that came with the installation. Under either
> > 'Win95/NT'
> > or 'Quirks' there are instructions on how to solve this. I can't be
> > more
> > specific at the moment, because right now my wintel box is open for
> > installing more hardware.
> >
> > David
> > --
> > David Cassell, OAO
> > cassell@mail.cor.epa.gov
> > Senior Computing Specialist phone: (541)
> > 754-4468
> > mathematical statistician fax: (541)
> > 754-4716
>
Ive tried putting arguments after them but it doesnt seem to work either
heres a sample unworking (lazy?) program.
#program myprog.pl;
$count = 0;
$sum = 0;
$total = @argv;
while ($count < $total) {
$sum +=$argv[$count];
print ("$argv[$count]");
$count++;
}
print ("total sum : $sum");
if from the command prompt i type perl myprog.pl 2 4 it gives total sum : 0
and i checked using the debugger that the @argv array is empty. so is
converting it to an exe the only way out? (but that would create a lot of
extra work while debugging)
agniora
agniora@usa.net
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Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 04:53:12 GMT
From: smnayeem@my-dejanews.com
Subject: Re: How to pass parameters for perl programs under ActivePerl?
Message-Id: <7emlfn$rhe$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>
In article <370CF225.7DA93CB2@mail.cor.epa.gov>,
David Cassell <cassell@mail.cor.epa.gov> wrote:
> agniora@usa.net wrote:
> >
> > I am using ActivePerl on WinNT platform. But everytime i have to run a
script
> > i have to type perl myprog.pl but i need to pass some parameters to my
> > program, adding parameters to the above line doesnt work cause it gets taken
> > as an argument to the perl program not myprog.pl does anyone know any
> > workaround to this?
> >
> > thanks
> > Nayeem (agniora)
> >
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>
> Are you using build 509 or 513? If so, and it doesn't work right, read
> the
> win32 Perl docs that came with the installation. Under either
> 'Win95/NT'
> or 'Quirks' there are instructions on how to solve this. I can't be
> more
> specific at the moment, because right now my wintel box is open for
> installing more hardware.
>
> David
> --
> David Cassell, OAO
> cassell@mail.cor.epa.gov
> Senior Computing Specialist phone: (541)
> 754-4468
> mathematical statistician fax: (541)
> 754-4716
>
the following script isnt giving any values to argv even after making it an
exe using perl2exe.
$count = 0;
$sum = 0;
$total = @argv;
while ($count < $total) {
$sum +=$argv[$count];
print ("$argv[$count]");
$count++;
}
print ("total sum : $sum");
anyone knows whats wrong here? and what the remedy might be?
thanks
agniora
agniora@usa.net
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Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1999 22:19:20 -0700
From: lr@hpl.hp.com (Larry Rosler)
Subject: Re: How to pass parameters for perl programs under ActivePerl?
Message-Id: <MPG.11787f35f10515c7989885@nntp.hpl.hp.com>
In article <7emiop$pel$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> on Sat, 10 Apr 1999
04:06:52 GMT, smnayeem@my-dejanews.com <smnayeem@my-dejanews.com
>says...
...
> heres a sample unworking (lazy?) program.
> #program myprog.pl;
> $count = 0;
> $sum = 0;
> $total = @argv;
> while ($count < $total) {
> $sum +=$argv[$count];
> print ("$argv[$count]");
> $count++;
> }
> print ("total sum : $sum");
>
> if from the command prompt i type perl myprog.pl 2 4 it gives total sum : 0
> and i checked using the debugger that the @argv array is empty. so is
> converting it to an exe the only way out? (but that would create a lot of
> extra work while debugging)
The name of the argument array is @ARGV, not @argv. (Second time
today???)
'use strict;' would have forced you to declare all variables, and
revealed this error.
'-w' would have shown you where undefined variables were used, and
revealed this error.
Too bad Perl offers such nice tools that aren't used.
--
(Just Another Larry) Rosler
Hewlett-Packard Company
http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Larry_Rosler/
lr@hpl.hp.com
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Date: 10 Apr 1999 00:40:07 -0400
From: Uri Guttman <uri@home.sysarch.com>
Subject: Re: MQ Series,C/C++,UNIX,Windows NT -- Southern California Talent
Message-Id: <x7iub5qeag.fsf@home.sysarch.com>
>>>>> "k" == karynelk <karynelk@my-dejanews.com> writes:
<stupid job post not mentioning perl>
hey moron! this is a perl newsgroup, not a jobs group. and if you are
clueless enough (as you seem to be) to post a job listing here, at least
have your 5 brain cells tell you to put in perl as a requisite for the job.
but with such recruiting skills you will get exactly the kind of idiot
you deserve. let me know your clients so i can sell their stock short if
they keep using consultants that you hire this way.
no :-)
uri
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Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 01:43:46 -0400
From: JTJ <elssa09@callisto.si.usherb.ca>
Subject: Re: pragma - relevant?
Message-Id: <370EE512.6E01@callisto.si.usherb.ca>
Relevant?
Who wrote the rules on what little idiosyncracy I could not post?
Look - I'm no newbie, just that this Pragma thing is getting on my
nerves. Yes it's a browser stupidity. But I'm trying to make a
"""PERL""" script work.
That's why I came here ... fellow programmers helping fellows ... not to
get flamed.
Sam: I have answered your queries from time to time. Now I'm looking for
an answer to a question.
We all use "Content-Type: text/html" from time to time, don't we?
Has anyone had any problems/experience with "Pragma: no-cache"?
Does anyone know where I might look for a little help on my Pragma prob?
news:370D8EEE.537C@callisto.si.usherb.ca
Is there a FAQ someplace that I overlooked?
Does the problem sound familiar?
Can someone offer a little help?
Thanks
Bless you.
J
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Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 03:24:03 GMT
From: ran@netgate.net (Ran)
Subject: Re: Privacy for slaves forced to use a proxy/firewall to access the net?
Message-Id: <923714643.591.16@news.remarQ.com>
In <7elem2$shu$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>, foj@nym.alias.net writes:
>Are you an employee of remarQ?
Nope: this is the account I pay for, accessed using the system I own,
so that I get to make the choices about how it can be used.
>If you know of some way for perl to play a role in the following setup, please
>let me know:
No. You've demonstrated that you're certainly a liar, probably a
(wanna-be) thief, and could possibly even be one of those totalitarian
oppressors, trolling for ideas to help improve your technique.
No one with a fully-functioning brain and conscience is going to let you
know anything but the route to the exit.
Ran
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Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 04:21:34 GMT
From: wherrera@my-dejanews.com
Subject: Re: RFC: new module File::FlockDir (long)
Message-Id: <7emjka$q74$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>
>
> > # package File::FlockDir
> > # flock module for Windows9x and other systems lacking
> > # a good perl flock() function (not platform specific)
>
> That's a really bad name for the module. If it flocks directories, why
> is it in the File heirarchy? If it flocks files, why is it called
> FlockDir? That just doesn't make sense.
It is based on the File::LockDir module but it overrides flock(), of course.
Nevertheless, I understand and agree with your point about the fact neither
LockDir nor FlockDir are intuitive module names as to function (they do
escribe the implementation though).
What would you suggest for a better name?
(Real email address: wherrera (at) lynxview.com)
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Date: 10 Apr 1999 02:14:25 GMT
From: sholden@pgrad.cs.usyd.edu.au (Sam Holden)
Subject: Re: SORT BY DATE
Message-Id: <slrn7gtd01.i2t.sholden@pgrad.cs.usyd.edu.au>
On Fri, 09 Apr 1999 18:09:02 -0700, Aaron Tavistock <APTavistock@lbl.gov> wrote:
>'Windowing' (the term thats been given to a context approach) has some
>major drawbacks. All you've really done by windowing is reduce the
>chance you cross the century mark, but it doesn't prevent crossing it.
>
>The simplest example of this would be a piece of code that looks at
>birthdays, when turning 40 (born in 1960) the computer this you would be
>turning -60 (born in 2060). Of course you could tune your window to the
>best place, but it still doesn't the problem.
>
>Ultimately its nigh-trivial to use 4 digit years and there really no
>reason that code written today shouldn't use them.
Except that user think in terms of two digit years, and thus
that's how they will enter them. So you need to deal with it
somewhere. Best do it reasonably and not annoy the user every
time they enter a date complaining about there being only
two digits...
--
Sam
Perl is the Cliff Notes of Unix.
--Larry Wall
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Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1999 21:33:47 -0700
From: lr@hpl.hp.com (Larry Rosler)
Subject: Re: SORT BY DATE
Message-Id: <MPG.1178747935aee75f989884@nntp.hpl.hp.com>
In article <370EA4AE.8A1DF53B@lbl.gov> on Fri, 09 Apr 1999 18:09:02 -
0700, Aaron Tavistock <APTavistock@lbl.gov >says...
...
> Ultimately its nigh-trivial to use 4 digit years and there really no
> reason that code written today shouldn't use them.
Yes, code should 'get it right'. But people will still use two-digit
years. Inevitably. Live with it.
--
(Just Another Larry) Rosler
Hewlett-Packard Company
http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Larry_Rosler/
lr@hpl.hp.com
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Date: 10 Apr 99 07:57:01 GMT
From: gtj@tesla.net.au (Glenn T. Jayaputera)
Subject: strcmpi() and toupper() in Perl
Message-Id: <slrn7gu4v2.2v4.gtj@budgie.tesla.net.au>
As a really really really newbie in Perl, I am having a difficulty
in finding the equivalent functions of strcmp() and toupper() in Perl.
Any pointers..?
thanks
glenn
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Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 19:56:51 +1000
From: Chris Newman <newman@dynamite.com.au>
Subject: Re: strcmpi() and toupper() in Perl
Message-Id: <370F2060.6ABD5581@dynamite.com.au>
"Glenn T. Jayaputera" wrote:
> As a really really really newbie in Perl, I am having a difficulty
> in finding the equivalent functions of strcmp() and toupper() in Perl.
> Any pointers..?
>
> thanks
> glenn
try
http://www.cosmos.rcnet.ru/laf/perl/books/book2/ch15.htm#NumericandStringComparisonOperators.
Take the last part off the path to see other Perl references.
If you are serious about learning Perl can i suggest the book 'Learning
Perl' 2nd Edition by Schwartz and Christiansen (Publishers O'Reilly). i
have found it very useful
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Date: 10 Apr 1999 00:34:49 -0400
From: Uri Guttman <uri@home.sysarch.com>
Subject: Re: Thank You comp.lang.perl.misc!
Message-Id: <x7n20hqeja.fsf@home.sysarch.com>
>>>>> "JS" == Jonathan Stowe <gellyfish@gellyfish.com> writes:
JS> On Fri, 09 Apr 1999 09:36:29 -0700 Aaron Dickinson wrote:
>> I posted a question about directory traversing on 4-8-99 and within just
>> an hour I received several replies which should solve my problems, each
>> in a different way.
JS> Look you cant go around saying things like that ... we're
JS> supposed to be a bunch of hard-assed money grabbing bastards dont
JS> you know ?
speak for yourself, you unselfish, perl philanthropic, tireless rescuer
of newbies!
i charge for my time on clpm. but nobody seems to pay me!
uri
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Date: 10 Apr 1999 06:10:22 GMT
From: ilya@math.ohio-state.edu (Ilya Zakharevich)
Subject: Re: Thank You comp.lang.perl.misc!
Message-Id: <7emq0e$9qm$1@mathserv.mps.ohio-state.edu>
[A complimentary Cc of this posting was sent to Uri Guttman
<uri@home.sysarch.com>],
who wrote in article <x7n20hqeja.fsf@home.sysarch.com>:
> i charge for my time on clpm. but nobody seems to pay me!
Sorry, the "Pay now" button on my newsreader just pops a window with a
message
s$\$\$\$\$$\$\$*\$\$$geeeeeeeessseess
Ilya
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