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Perl-Users Digest Fri, 25 May 2001 Volume: 10 Number: 985
Today's topics:
Re: -w and Text::Wrap <thunderbear@bigfoot.com>
Re: Calling function reference nobull@mail.com
Comparing objects (Graq)
Re: Comparing objects (Anno Siegel)
Re: DB_File (Helgi Briem)
Re: DB_File (Anno Siegel)
Re: DB_File (Helgi Briem)
Re: dbi, fork and ipc-shareable - having problems (Peter Scott)
Re: getting perl internal calculated hash value? (Anno Siegel)
Re: getting perl internal calculated hash value? (Mike Eggleston)
Re: How can I convert a date (MM/DD/YYYY) to UTC time? <pne-news-20010525@newton.digitalspace.net>
Installing Perl on Win NT/2000 Re: Match Parsing Glitch (Helgi Briem)
Re: looking 4 NMAP style perl module <carvdawg@patriot.net>
Re: looking 4 NMAP style perl module <jdonovan@beth.k12.pa.us>
Re: Match Parsing Glitch <abe@ztreet.demon.nl>
Re: parsing perl again <webmaster@webdragon.unmunge.net>
Problem with IIS/PERL and opening files bbeatty@ireland.com
Re: Problem with scalar variables (Scott DiNitto)
Re: Problem with scalar variables (Anno Siegel)
Re: Question on the "use strict" pragma <leapius@hotmail.com>
Re: Recognize a number <pne-news-20010525@newton.digitalspace.net>
Re: setting priority from perl on linux (Anno Siegel)
Re: sounder (Helgi Briem)
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Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 12:08:57 +0100
From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Thorbj=F8rn?= Ravn Andersen <thunderbear@bigfoot.com>
Subject: Re: -w and Text::Wrap
Message-Id: <3B0E3D49.F7390C28@bigfoot.com>
> Name "Text::Wrap::columns" used only once: possible typo at ......
>
> How do I pre-declare the variable, or get warnings to shut up?
Just have the line two times.
--
Thorbjørn Ravn Andersen "...plus...Tubular Bells!"
http://bigfoot.com/~thunderbear
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Date: 25 May 2001 12:37:18 +0100
From: nobull@mail.com
Subject: Re: Calling function reference
Message-Id: <u91ypd62ze.fsf@wcl-l.bham.ac.uk>
Uri Guttman <uri@sysarch.com> writes:
> there is no good reason to use symrefs vs. a dispatch table. you can
> write config code that add entries the table when modules are loaded.
Conversely a dispatch table is just a reimplementation of something
that exists in Perl already, namely a symbol table:
{
package DispatchPackage;
sub foo { print 'foo';};
sub bar { print 'bar';};
}
my %DispatchHash = (
foo => sub { print 'foo';},
bar => sub { print 'bar';},
}
Personally I'd usually favour the hash, but I also condisder the
package approach valid and it does make stack tracebacks look neater.
> another solution is to make the subs into class methods and then look
> them up with can() and call them.
Snake oil alert! What Uri appears to be suggesting is:
DispatchPackage->can($func)->();
This is just an alternate syntax for symbolic function references
which circumvents "use strict" but still has all the same hazzards.
Plus, of course, the additional hazzard that it encourages complacancy
because it doesn't look like it's using symbolic references. Also
this looks up $func in DispatchPackage as if it were a method and then
calls it as a normal subroutine which is an ugly idiom.
If you are going to use a package symbol table as a dispatch table and
write the functions as true class methods (i.e. subroutines expecting
the class name in $_[0]) then the correct call syntax is simply a
symbolic method reference:
DispatchPackage->$func();
In both the above cases you are still allowing arbitrary
package-qualified symbolic references because in Perl when I say...
SubClass->ParentClass::foo();
...no check is made that ParentClass really is a parent class of
SubClass.
If this is not what you want you should do:
die if $func =~ /\W/;
If you are going to use a package symbol table as a dispatch table my
preferred call syntax is:
{ no strict 'refs'; "DispatchPackage::$func"->() };
I think this is a better idiom because:
1) It looks $func up as a normal subroutine and then calls it as a
normal subroutine.
2) It has a big red flag saying "I'm using symbolic references!"
rather than trying to pretend that it isn't.
3) It can only call functions in DispatchPackage or sub-packages
thereof.
--
\\ ( )
. _\\__[oo
.__/ \\ /\@
. l___\\
# ll l\\
###LL LL\\
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Date: 25 May 2001 03:45:06 -0700
From: graq@bigfoot.com (Graq)
Subject: Comparing objects
Message-Id: <7f513e9c.0105250245.7132f508@posting.google.com>
I would like to know if comparing two objects is a valid thing to do.
I will quickly write some 'pseudo code' to try to best explain what I mean.
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
use SomeObjectModule;
use IrrelevantModule;
my $instance;
my $previous_instance;
my $obj1 = undef;
my $obj2 = undef;
my @someloop = IrrelevantModule->make_me_a_list_of_things;
foreach (@someloop)
{
$instance = SomeObjectModule->find_or_create_instance( $_ );
if( $previous_instance && $previous_instance != $instance )
{
$previous_instance->finish_and_close;
$previous_instance = $instance;
}
$instance->do_some_stuff;
}
__END__;
I know it probably doesn't make sense to do things this way, but the
whole picture is more complicated and I need to do it this way, unfortunately.
Essentially it is the logical expression '$previous_instance != $instance'
that I need to know if it is a good thing (tm) or if it should be appraoched
in a different way.
Thanks
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Date: 25 May 2001 11:35:18 GMT
From: anno4000@lublin.zrz.tu-berlin.de (Anno Siegel)
Subject: Re: Comparing objects
Message-Id: <9elg1m$3e2$1@mamenchi.zrz.TU-Berlin.DE>
According to Graq <graq@bigfoot.com>:
> I would like to know if comparing two objects is a valid thing to do.
[snip code]
> I know it probably doesn't make sense to do things this way, but the
> whole picture is more complicated and I need to do it this way, unfortunately.
> Essentially it is the logical expression '$previous_instance != $instance'
> that I need to know if it is a good thing (tm) or if it should be appraoched
> in a different way.
Since Perl objects are references, the rules for references apply.
As perlref will tell you, comparison via == (and by implication
via !=) is valid and will tell you if two objects are identical,
in the sense that both references point to the same chunk of data.
If that is what you need, you'll be okay.
Anno
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Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 11:49:20 GMT
From: helgi@NOSPAMdecode.is (Helgi Briem)
Subject: Re: DB_File
Message-Id: <3b0e4484.3873623135@news.isholf.is>
On Thu, 24 May 2001 15:23:14 +0530, "Rajesh Gupta"
<rajesh_gupta@mailcity.com> wrote:
>Hi,
>
> I am facing problem in installation of DB_File on solaris. Could anybody
>please send me complert precompiled binaries(On solaris) for this module ??
>
There is no such thing. DB_File is pure Perl, no
binaries involved. However there is a dependency,
so you need to download the Berkeley DB first
http://www.sleepycat.com/update/3.2.9/db-3.2.9.tar.gz
and install it. Otherwise installing DB_File
is straightforward.
Regards,
Helgi Briem
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Date: 25 May 2001 12:21:43 GMT
From: anno4000@lublin.zrz.tu-berlin.de (Anno Siegel)
Subject: Re: DB_File
Message-Id: <9elion$3e2$2@mamenchi.zrz.TU-Berlin.DE>
According to Helgi Briem <helgi@NOSPAMdecode.is>:
> On Thu, 24 May 2001 15:23:14 +0530, "Rajesh Gupta"
> <rajesh_gupta@mailcity.com> wrote:
>
> >Hi,
> >
> > I am facing problem in installation of DB_File on solaris. Could anybody
> >please send me complert precompiled binaries(On solaris) for this module ??
> >
> There is no such thing. DB_File is pure Perl, no
> binaries involved.
Not so. DB_File has a rather elaborate XS component.
> However there is a dependency,
> so you need to download the Berkeley DB first
> http://www.sleepycat.com/update/3.2.9/db-3.2.9.tar.gz
> and install it. Otherwise installing DB_File
> is straightforward.
It is, or it should be. It does however involve the generation of
C code from XS, and its compilation.
Anno
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Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 13:01:28 GMT
From: helgi@NOSPAMdecode.is (Helgi Briem)
Subject: Re: DB_File
Message-Id: <3b0e563d.3878160509@news.isholf.is>
On 25 May 2001 12:21:43 GMT,
anno4000@lublin.zrz.tu-berlin.de (Anno Siegel) wrote:
>According to Helgi Briem <helgi@NOSPAMdecode.is>:
>> On Thu, 24 May 2001 15:23:14 +0530, "Rajesh Gupta"
>> <rajesh_gupta@mailcity.com> wrote:
>>
>> >Hi,
>> >
>> > I am facing problem in installation of DB_File on solaris. Could anybody
>> >please send me complert precompiled binaries(On solaris) for this module ??
>> >
>> There is no such thing. DB_File is pure Perl, no
>> binaries involved.
>
>Not so. DB_File has a rather elaborate XS component.
>
I'm sorry. I've never used DB_File myself, just
did a quick install using PPM and had a look at
the DB_File.pm, which looked pretty straightforward
to me. I didn't realise that there was an XS component.
>> However there is a dependency,
>> so you need to download the Berkeley DB first
>> http://www.sleepycat.com/update/3.2.9/db-3.2.9.tar.gz
>> and install it. Otherwise installing DB_File
>> is straightforward.
>
>It is, or it should be. It does however involve the generation of
>C code from XS, and its compilation.
Of course, installing any module in Activestate
with PPM is much easier than doing it on Solaris
because the dependencies get loaded and compiled
for you. You tend to lose sight of the complexities
when you get used to idiot-proof tools.
Anyway, under Solaris, DB_File installed easily
once I had installed the Berkeley DB. The install
took 2 minutes as opposed to the 10 seconds it took
useing Windows and PPM, but still easy.
Thanks for your corrections, Anno.
Regards,
Helgi Briem
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Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 13:02:38 GMT
From: peter@PSDT.com (Peter Scott)
Subject: Re: dbi, fork and ipc-shareable - having problems
Message-Id: <OJsP6.77244$q51.551021@news1.gvcl1.bc.home.com>
Uri wrote:
> S> my $if = IO::File->new(SQLFILE) or die "Couldn't open file: $!\n";
>
> SQLFILE is a bareword. it should be quoted.
Actually it was a constant defined a few lines prior.
--
Peter Scott
http://www.perldebugged.com
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Date: 25 May 2001 10:34:34 GMT
From: anno4000@lublin.zrz.tu-berlin.de (Anno Siegel)
Subject: Re: getting perl internal calculated hash value?
Message-Id: <9elcfq$sdm$1@mamenchi.zrz.TU-Berlin.DE>
According to Mike Eggleston <mikee@kensho.eggtech.com>:
>
> I have a desire to look at the hash value that perl has generated
> for the entries in a given hash. I know how to manipulate the
> hash, but I have never before thought of just what perl call
> a given hash.
If by "hash value" you mean the hash key generated out of a string,
that's documented in perlguts (p. 8 in my printout). The function
can trivially be re-written in Perl.
Access to individual hash entries, including the key, is described
on the same page. You will have to write an XS routine to use this.
Anno
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Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 12:23:13 GMT
From: mikee@kensho.eggtech.com (Mike Eggleston)
Subject: Re: getting perl internal calculated hash value?
Message-Id: <slrn9gsjlh.gaj.mikee@kensho.eggtech.com>
On 25 May 2001 10:34:34 GMT, Anno Siegel wrote:
> According to Mike Eggleston <mikee@kensho.eggtech.com>:
>>
>> I have a desire to look at the hash value that perl has generated
>> for the entries in a given hash. I know how to manipulate the
>> hash, but I have never before thought of just what perl call
>> a given hash.
>
> If by "hash value" you mean the hash key generated out of a string,
> that's documented in perlguts (p. 8 in my printout). The function
> can trivially be re-written in Perl.
>
> Access to individual hash entries, including the key, is described
> on the same page. You will have to write an XS routine to use this.
>
> Anno
That's what I needed. Thanks.
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Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 14:32:18 +0200
From: Philip Newton <pne-news-20010525@newton.digitalspace.net>
Subject: Re: How can I convert a date (MM/DD/YYYY) to UTC time?
Message-Id: <p2trgtsqnoops7oh03tbsg2e017nb7dcos@4ax.com>
[alt.perl dropped]
On Tue, 22 May 2001 21:41:22 GMT, Bill Nelson <william.c.nelson@gte.net>
top-posted full-quoted with an annoying vcard:
> No way to do it with standard perl functions?
Of course there is. When I had a quick look at Time::Local just now, it
appeared to use only standard Perl functions. So you could conceivably
use that code to base your own one.
But why bother if the code has already been written and nicely packaged
in a module -- one that comes by default with Perl, no less?
> I would rather not try to bring in another module at this time.
Is this a philosophical requirement? "I always try not to use more than
three[1] modules when coding." Otherwise I fail to see what's so bad
about "another module".
[1] Or any other number, for that matter.
Cheers,
Philip
--
Philip Newton <nospam.newton@gmx.li>
That really is my address; no need to remove anything to reply.
If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.
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Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 11:35:20 GMT
From: helgi@NOSPAMdecode.is (Helgi Briem)
Subject: Installing Perl on Win NT/2000 Re: Match Parsing Glitch
Message-Id: <3b0e41df.3872945721@news.isholf.is>
On Fri, 25 May 2001 00:45:35 -0700, Eric <nospam@xx.com>
wrote:
>"E.Chang" wrote:
>> You probably downloaded the "Build 626 Source Distribution" instead of
>> the already compiled version. The links on the ActiveState site are
>> side by side. Look again at
>> http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Downloads/ActivePerl/. You want to
>> download from the ActivePerl 5.6.1.626 table on the left.
>
>OK...I looked again, but have no clue if I should get the MSI or AS
>Package.
>I've never seen an ".msi" extension before. How in the #&^! is one
>supposed to install such a thing???
>
>Apparently, ActiveState has never heard of the tried & true ".exe"
>self-executable format use by most on the planet????
>
Yes, they have. But new Microsoft OS's include an excellent
Microsoft Installer utility which uses .msi scripts. Sure,
you could write an .exe to install, but msi is much smarter
and better and doesn't screw up your OS as most installs
used to a few years ago (80% of the crashes I came across
as an NT admin were due to bad install programs).
Anyway, to cut a long story short, you need Microsoft
Installer. This comes standard with Win2K and Me,
but also be downloaded from
http://download.microsoft.com/download/platformsdk/wininst/1.0/WIN98/EN-US/IntelSDK.msi
Then you get
ActivePerl-5.6.1.626-MSWin32-x86-multi-thread.msi
from http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Downloads/ActivePerl/
Run both and Bob's your uncle.
Regards,
Helgi Briem
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Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 06:59:13 -0400
From: H C <carvdawg@patriot.net>
Subject: Re: looking 4 NMAP style perl module
Message-Id: <3B0E3B01.5EE7E874@patriot.net>
Have you looked at Net::RawIP on CPAN yet?
jeff wrote:
> greetings
> Im looking for a module or script that will execute a simple tcp port
> scan like namp does.
>
> this is the scan from nmap that I need written in perl.
>
> ./nmap -v -sS -O -p 3453 my.friggin.host
>
> if anyone can point me to a MAN page or a URL that could explain to me
> How to do this, or if anyone knows of a module already written that will
> do the same feature. Please reply off list.
>
> Thanks In Advance.
>
> --jeff
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Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 08:57:54 -0400
From: jeff <jdonovan@beth.k12.pa.us>
Subject: Re: looking 4 NMAP style perl module
Message-Id: <jdonovan-DEC1E1.08575425052001@corp.supernews.com>
No I have not,...do you have a ref URL ?
-j
> Have you looked at Net::RawIP on CPAN yet?
>
> jeff wrote:
>
> > greetings
> > Im looking for a module or script that will execute a simple tcp port
> > scan like namp does.
> >
> > this is the scan from nmap that I need written in perl.
> >
> > ./nmap -v -sS -O -p 3453 my.friggin.host
> >
> > if anyone can point me to a MAN page or a URL that could explain to me
> > How to do this, or if anyone knows of a module already written that will
> > do the same feature. Please reply off list.
> >
> > Thanks In Advance.
> >
> > --jeff
>
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Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 12:42:05 +0200
From: Abe Timmerman <abe@ztreet.demon.nl>
Subject: Re: Match Parsing Glitch
Message-Id: <cscsgtod1s50n4d0241n3eugibn5sr93e4@4ax.com>
On Fri, 25 May 2001 00:45:35 -0700, Eric <nospam@xx.com> wrote:
> "E.Chang" wrote:
> > You probably downloaded the "Build 626 Source Distribution" instead of
> > the already compiled version. The links on the ActiveState site are
> > side by side. Look again at
> > http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Downloads/ActivePerl/.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > You want to
> > download from the ActivePerl 5.6.1.626 table on the left.
>
> OK...I looked again, but have no clue if I should get the MSI or AS
> Package.
> I've never seen an ".msi" extension before. How in the #&^! is one
> supposed to install such a thing???
By following the instructions in the "Installing ActivePerl" section of
the release notes, which you can find on the RHS of the screen of the
above URL.
> Apparently, ActiveState has never heard of the tried & true ".exe"
> self-executable format use by most on the planet????
They have, but decided to go with the new MS Installer (.msi) format.
If, for some reason, you can't/won't install MSI, there is the
alternative AS-package.
Read all the information like Release notes and Install notes, it's all
there!
--
Good luck, Abe
Amsterdam Perl Mongers http://amsterdam.pm.org
perl -e '$_=sub{split//,pop;print pop while@_};&$_("rekcah lreP rehtona tsuJ")'
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Date: 25 May 2001 10:32:26 GMT
From: "Scott R. Godin" <webmaster@webdragon.unmunge.net>
Subject: Re: parsing perl again
Message-Id: <9elcbq$r0a$0@216.155.33.19>
In article <tgrd8mf5cf39bd@corp.supernews.com>,
cberry@cinenet.net (Craig Berry) wrote:
| Randal L. Schwartz (merlyn@stonehenge.com) wrote:
| : Will the new version of RecDescent implement Perl6, Solve the Halting
| : Problem, or be self-aware?
|
| It will be self-aware only if it halts when presented with itself as
| input. :)
One presumes then that it can only do two of three things at once? (:
--
...and with six you get egg roll.
Craig Vaughan, discussing Fidonet addressing
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Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 12:52:23 GMT
From: bbeatty@ireland.com
Subject: Problem with IIS/PERL and opening files
Message-Id: <3b0e5578.76574548@news.eircom.net>
Has anybody out there ever experienced a problem like this. It is most
frustrating ....
I am testing on NT4.0 IIS 4.0 or 2000 with IIS 5.0 and the problem
exists on both.
I have a Perl script that needs to read and extract information from a
file. If the file is on the local machine it works fine, however if
the script is on a shared drive on the network it comes back and says
Cannot open "name of file" : Permission Denied.
The scripts were designed to be run on the intranet, I am allowing
anonymous access and the users have correct permissions for the files.
I have Microsoft proxy server running and am starting to think it has
something to do with that. All users access the web through Proxy
server.
Please please can someone shed some light on this problem.
Thanks in advance ...
Barbara
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Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 10:43:52 GMT
From: usenet@infracore.dyndns.org (Scott DiNitto)
Subject: Re: Problem with scalar variables
Message-Id: <3b0e3611.20976613@news-server.san.rr.com>
>and it will break too. will you fix his bugs later for him as well?
>
> SD> $variable = 3;
>
> SD> eval ("\@array$variable \= \("contents\"\);");
>
>if that is a sample of your code, i think your wit is better.
>
you can say it will break it. Show me how and I will believe you. your
all talk RESULTS.. that's what matters, and eval will produce them..
Preach all you want... why don't you actually show what you speak
about instead of squaking about it? I will give you time to look in an
orielly perl reference manual.
SD
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Date: 25 May 2001 11:09:49 GMT
From: anno4000@lublin.zrz.tu-berlin.de (Anno Siegel)
Subject: Re: Problem with scalar variables
Message-Id: <9eleht$21r$1@mamenchi.zrz.TU-Berlin.DE>
According to Scott DiNitto <usenet@infracore.dyndns.org>:
>
> >and it will break too. will you fix his bugs later for him as well?
> >
> > SD> $variable = 3;
> >
> > SD> eval ("\@array$variable \= \("contents\"\);");
> >
> >if that is a sample of your code, i think your wit is better.
> >
>
> you can say it will break it. Show me how and I will believe you. your
> all talk RESULTS.. that's what matters, and eval will produce them..
> Preach all you want... why don't you actually show what you speak
> about instead of squaking about it? I will give you time to look in an
> orielly perl reference manual.
You are talking to one of the most experienced Perl coders around.
It's up to you whether you take his advice. Ridiculing it makes
you look like a fool.
Anno
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Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 11:44:49 +0100
From: "Leo" <leapius@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: Question on the "use strict" pragma
Message-Id: <9elcqk$osm$1@neptunium.btinternet.com>
"Andrew Hamm" <ahamm.NO$PAM@sanderson.NO$PAM.net.au> wrote in message
news:3b0dc0bc@news.iprimus.com.au...
> Andrew Hamm wrote in message <3b0dadee$1@news.iprimus.com.au>...
> >Try using "use module" instead, and check
> >out the export and import options - they can be used to inject variables
> and
> >subs into the calling module.
> >
> Actually, I could be wrong about injecting variables - in the sense that
it
> becomes known to the compiler as well under use strict. Can't say I've
> noticed.
>
> But it's also well worth studying the
>
> use vars qw($a $b $c);
>
> pragma
>
> --
> "Dis act ain't about lafter - it's about comedy" - Andrew Dice Clay
I'm wondering how to use strict in my other, sub-routine files. could I just
put "use strict" at the top of each file? Do my global variables set outside
of the file (where the file is being required) get imported and so will pass
the strict vars rules? On a more general question could I get away with "no
use strict 'vars'" to get rid of this restraint or would that be dangerous?
cheers,
Leo
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Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 14:32:19 +0200
From: Philip Newton <pne-news-20010525@newton.digitalspace.net>
Subject: Re: Recognize a number
Message-Id: <3etrgtg3hre4q98d12tthgt217pva7t84a@4ax.com>
On Thu, 24 May 2001 20:50:09 +0200, GianFranco Bozzetti
<gfbozzetti@interfree.it> wrote:
> $str="-123a";
> print "$str is Not a number\n" if ($str =~ m/[^0-9+-]+/);
Er, why do you say "is not a number" if it matches this regex, but say
"is a number" in the other two cases if it matches the identical regex?
(Oh, and have you ever heard of "anchors" in regexes?)
> $str = "123-";
> print "$str is a number\n" if ($str =~ m/[0-9+-]+/);
>
> $str = "+123";
> print "$str is a number\n" if ($str =~ m/[0-9+-]+/);
$str = "+49-40-797007-0";
print "$str is a number\n" if ($str =~ m/[0-9+-]+/);
$str = "Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs";
print "$str is a number\n" if ($str =~ m/[0-9+-]+/);
Result:
+49-40-797007-0 is a number
Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs is a number
You have a pretty twisted idea of what constitutes a number, I guess.
Cheers,
Philip
--
Philip Newton <nospam.newton@gmx.li>
That really is my address; no need to remove anything to reply.
If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.
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Date: 25 May 2001 13:01:47 GMT
From: anno4000@lublin.zrz.tu-berlin.de (Anno Siegel)
Subject: Re: setting priority from perl on linux
Message-Id: <9ell3r$7em$1@mamenchi.zrz.TU-Berlin.DE>
According to David Ball <dball@bnb-lp.com>:
> On Thu, 24 May 2001 11:58:52 +0000 (UTC), abigail@foad.org (Abigail)
> wrote:
>
> >David Ball (dball@bnb-lp.com) wrote on MMDCCCXXII September MCMXCIII in
> ><URL:news:h53mgtk7tpkcr8baq78mpl8r8qpuj3hcap@4ax.com>:
> >@@
> >@@ Do you know of any scripts that will build an index of html pages
> >@@ and then search it from a CGI ?
> >
> >
> >Yes.
> >
> >
> >Please use a web search to find such programs. Discussing of such programs
> >(which have nothing to do with Perl) don't belong in this group, just
> >like discussing your favourite brand of toilet paper doesn't.
>
> Gee, you mean discussing perl scripts doesn't belong in a perl
> newsgroup. That's just plain stupid Abigail.
Watch out whom you call stupid. It may make *you* look stupid.
Discussion of "any scripts that will build an index of html pages..."
has nothing to do with Perl and is off topic. Not to mention that
you didn't ask for discussion but how to find such a script. That's
off topic as well. Use a search engine. So long.
Anno
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Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 12:33:57 GMT
From: helgi@NOSPAMdecode.is (Helgi Briem)
Subject: Re: sounder
Message-Id: <3b0e511b.3876846971@news.isholf.is>
On Thu, 24 May 2001 20:38:06 GMT, "Todd Smith"
<todd@designsouth.net> wrote:
>> > Well, since Perl is the only cgi language I know, I'd like to see the
>Perl
>> > implementation of the complete solution.
>> >
>> > -todd
>>
>> You can use nearly any computer language for CGI's.
>>
>> Buggs
>
>i COULD, but not without learning them first. I'm a perl guy.
>
>
No, you're not.
Regards,
Helgi Briem
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