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Perl-Users Digest Thu, 11 Jun 1998 Volume: 8 Number: 2850
Today's topics:
Re: Certified Perl Programmers (David Adler)
Re: CFV: comp.lang.perl.moderated moderated (Steffen Beyer)
CGI question (I can't post to comp.infosystems.www.auth (Matt Ackeret)
Re: Command line substitution thru subdirectories <Russell_Schulz@locutus.ofB.ORG>
Re: Command line substitution thru subdirectories <upsetter@ziplink.net>
Re: Command line substitution thru subdirectories <tchrist@mox.perl.com>
Re: Command line substitution thru subdirectories <upsetter@ziplink.net>
Re: Command line substitution thru subdirectories <upsetter@ziplink.net>
Re: Command line substitution thru subdirectories <tchrist@mox.perl.com>
Does such a thing exsist? (Shawn Carroll)
FS/FT: Computer book for sale or trade sun_ra@my-dejanews.com
Re: Having problems locating a bug! Can anyone help? - <senthilr@Eng.Sun.COM>
Re: Help with Perl CGI script (Martien Verbruggen)
Re: HELP! (Martien Verbruggen)
Re: Output to file from Web page <rootbeer@teleport.com>
Re: perl math accuracy (Abigail)
Re: print <<EOT; problems <Russell_Schulz@locutus.ofB.ORG>
Re: Prob in FAQ: Week of the year (Abigail)
Re: Prob in FAQ: Week of the year <tchrist@mox.perl.com>
Re: Prob in FAQ: Week of the year (Abigail)
Re: Suche ein Perl Buch (Martien Verbruggen)
Re: Vote today, read CFV for c.l.p.moderated, Post the <ngouah@erols.com>
Re: Why doesn't this work? (Martien Verbruggen)
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Date: 12 Jun 1998 01:20:23 GMT
From: dha@panix.com (David Adler)
Subject: Re: Certified Perl Programmers
Message-Id: <6lpvon$eo2@news1.panix.com>
On 11 Jun 1998 15:48:44 GMT, Tom Harrington <tph@longhorn.uucp> wrote:
>David Adler (dha@panix.com) wrote:
>: On Wed, 10 Jun 1998 22:25:40 GMT, Randal Schwartz <merlyn@stonehenge.com> wrote:
>: >>>>>> "Mark-Jason" == Mark-Jason Dominus <mjd@op.net> writes:
>: >
>: >Mark-Jason> ``Oh, yes. I've been a certified Perl developer since 1997.''
>: >
>: >I've been a certifiable Perl hacker since, oh, 1989. :-)
>
>: And that's only because perl's not much older than that...
>
>Since when does that make a difference in hiring?
Depends on how you feel about hiring people who are "certifiable"...
--
David H. Adler - <dha@panix.com> - http://www.panix.com/~dha/
"Hey you! Don't watch dat! Watch thees! This is the heavy, heavy
monster sound!" - Madness
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Date: 11 Jun 1998 22:00:18 GMT
From: sb@engelschall.com (Steffen Beyer)
Subject: Re: CFV: comp.lang.perl.moderated moderated
Message-Id: <6lpk1i$chn$1@en1.engelschall.com>
Greg Andrews <gerg@shell.> wrote:
> sb@engelschall.com (Steffen Beyer) writes:
>>
>>I am greatly in favour of a moderated Perl newsgroup (I have been waiting
>>for it unpatiently for years), but I cannot vote in favour of it as long
>>as there is not the slightest hint of at least some democratic control.
> The plainest form of democratic representation would mean questions
> already answered in the FAQ would be allowed, since they are the
> most numerous in c.l.p.m. Since that's one of the things the
> people in favor of a moderated group are trying to get away from,
> it wouldn't seem to be the best way.
Granted. That's why I said "some" democratic control. :-)
> What form of democracy do you have in mind?
Good question. :-)
Several models come to my mind:
1) All registered module authors (= the "who's who" list in The Perl 5 Module
List) may vote the members of the moderation panel. They have 6 votes (for six
candidates) each, and the six candidates with the most votes win. (Anybody who
wants can propose as a candidate, he mustn't necessarily be a Perl module
author - could be a computer stuff celebrity, for example!) They will be
elected for 1 year, after which there shall be new elections (people may be
re-elected as often as they want). If some member of the moderation panel
leaves, a new vote for a new member is also due. Panel Members can only be
dismissed by a constructive vote of distrust, i.e., a new candidate must be
proposed who must receive, say, at least 20 more "yes" than "no" votes, in
order to substitute the member of the panel who "fell in disgrace". Such a
vote of distrust will only occur if at least 10 people (module authors)
request a given member of the panel to leave, though.
2) Leave the CFV as it is, in principle, just add the possibility that if
at least, say, 20 Netizens request it, there should be a poll (CFV) wether
a given member of the panel should be dismissed. This voting would roughly
follow the same guidelines as above, with at least 40 more "yes" (= "dismiss")
than "no" (= "leave on duty") votes, but anybody would be allowed to vote
this time.
...
Other ideas?
Yours sincerely,
--
Steffen Beyer <sb@engelschall.com>
Free Perl and C Software for Download: www.engelschall.com/u/sb/download/
"Perl is like sex: If you never had it, you wonder what the fuss is all
about. Once you had it, you never want to be without it again." (unknown)
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Date: 12 Jun 1998 00:23:21 GMT
From: mattack@area.com (Matt Ackeret)
Subject: CGI question (I can't post to comp.infosystems.www.authoring.cgi)
Message-Id: <6lpsdp$bcko$1@iris.area.com>
I am sorry, I cannot post to comp.infosystems.www.authoring.cgi for some
reason. (I follow the rules for "auto-approving" a post and nothing happens.)
Could someone please help me determine why this doesn't work? I'm
trying to programmatically do an amazon.com lookup. This is a "canned"
example, but in reality I want to have my own html form to give data
to the cgi to then do the search.. This is just the starting point of a
project of mine.. I'm not really reinventing the wheel.. (I mean if I just
want to search on amazon why not use amazon for real??) ...
My latest guess is that it deals with the "magic numbers" that amazon.com
puts in the URLs after you log on first.. (not related to cookies as you can
do searches and everything with NO cookie support) If this is the
reason, is there any way to get this "magic number" stuff supported in the
libraries I'm using?
Thanks a lot..
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use LWP::UserAgent;
use MIME::Base64;
use URI::Escape;
$title = 'Waiting for Godot';
$favorite = 1;
if ($favorite)
{
$ua = new LWP::UserAgent;
$ua->agent("Mozilla/0.1 " . $ua->agent);
# Create a request
my $req = new HTTP::Request POST => 'http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ats-q
uery/';
$req->content_type('application/x-www-form-urlencoded');
$req->content(uri_escape('author=&author-mode=full&title=') .
uri_esca
pe($title) .
uri_esca
pe('&title-mode=full&subject=&subject-mode=word'));
# use this to analyze the request
# die $req->as_string;
# Pass request to the user agent and get a response back
my $res = $ua->request($req);
# Check the outcome of the response
if ($res->is_success)
{
print $res->content;
} else {
print $res->as_string;
}
}
--
mattack@area.com
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Date: Fri, 12 Jun 1998 00:39:59 +0100
From: Russell Schulz <Russell_Schulz@locutus.ofB.ORG>
Subject: Re: Command line substitution thru subdirectories
Message-Id: <19980612.003959.2T7.rnr.w164w@locutus.ofB.ORG>
xuming@email.unc.edu (Xuming Wang) writes:
>> % perl -i.orig -pe 's/\bfoo\b/bar/g' `find / -name '*.htm' -print`
>
> C:\temp>perl -i.orig -pe 's/\bfoo\b/bar/g' `find / -name '*.htm' -print`
> Can't open `find: No such file or directory
with DOS' command.com, you need something like my "`.exe" for this
to work.
(and something like my "ufind.exe".)
--
Russell_Schulz@locutus.ofB.ORG Shad 86c
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Date: 12 Jun 1998 00:12:47 GMT
From: Scratchie <upsetter@ziplink.net>
Subject: Re: Command line substitution thru subdirectories
Message-Id: <6lprpv$989@fridge.shore.net>
Tom Christiansen <tchrist@mox.perl.com> wrote:
: I gave a *tools-based* answer. If that's not good enough, he can damned
: well write his own tools. God knows the rest of us have when stuck
: in that kind of hell.
Oh, come on, Tom. Get off your high horse. He asked a simple beginner's
question and you gave him an answer that was inappropriate for the
platform he was on. When someone pointed that out, you preceeded to insult
him and question his intelligence, manners and work ethic.
: If I told someone to use a browser to pull something in from the Net,
: and they didn't well have it, and then told me to write them a browser,
: I'd flame them, too.
Nobody told you to write them anything.
How about a more realistic analogy: It's as if someone asked you how to
use a browser to pull something from the net, and told you they were using
Lynx. Say you gave them an answer that required Netscape (e.g. "Use
JavaScript" -- this is just a hypothetical situation, you understand) and
then insulted their stupidity when they said this wasn't an option. Most
people would consider that behavior rude and uncalled for.
--Art
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Date: 12 Jun 1998 00:37:38 GMT
From: Tom Christiansen <tchrist@mox.perl.com>
Subject: Re: Command line substitution thru subdirectories
Message-Id: <6lpt8i$58k$1@csnews.cs.colorado.edu>
[courtesy cc of this posting sent to cited author via email]
In comp.lang.perl.misc,
Scratchie <upsetter@ziplink.net> writes:
:Oh, come on, Tom. Get off your high horse.
You just don't quit, do you? What is this, a contest?
I am perfectly capable of writing a program that autoanswers
you. Your repetitions bore me.
I shall not withdraw from the moral high ground of advocating
the use of small tools, and I shall shirk from any responsibility
anyone tries to put on me to recreate their wheels.
--tom
--
When the dinosaurs are mating, climb a tree. --Steve Johnson
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Date: 12 Jun 1998 00:40:18 GMT
From: Scratchie <upsetter@ziplink.net>
Subject: Re: Command line substitution thru subdirectories
Message-Id: <6lptdi$98g@fridge.shore.net>
: As I said, porting the OS specific stuff is left as an exercise
: to the reader - if you need help with that, ask in a group
: that's specific to your OS. That falls beyond the scope of this
: group.
So your advice to perl beginners on the Wintel platform is that they write
their own versions of any unix utility they need?
--Art
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Date: 12 Jun 1998 00:44:59 GMT
From: Scratchie <upsetter@ziplink.net>
Subject: Re: Command line substitution thru subdirectories
Message-Id: <6lptmb$98g@fridge.shore.net>
Tom Christiansen <tchrist@mox.perl.com> wrote:
: You just don't quit, do you? What is this, a contest?
: I am perfectly capable of writing a program that autoanswers
: you.
I thought you already had!
: Your repetitions bore me.
Not enough to keep you from responding, apparently... just enough to keep
you from responding to the specific points I raised.
By the way, you might as well stop cc'ing my ziplink account on these
posts since you won't accept any email replies from that account. Sending
email to an address from which you won't accept replies might be
considered spam by some, but fortunately I'm too easy-going to worry about
such minute distinctions.
--Art
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Date: 12 Jun 1998 01:09:59 GMT
From: Tom Christiansen <tchrist@mox.perl.com>
Subject: Re: Command line substitution thru subdirectories
Message-Id: <6lpv57$7ve$1@csnews.cs.colorado.edu>
[courtesy cc of this posting sent to cited author via email]
In comp.lang.perl.misc,
Scratchie <upsetter@ziplink.net> writes:
:So your advice to perl beginners on the Wintel platform is that they write
:their own versions of any unix utility they need?
Hey, that's a great idea! Thanks for mentioning it. I certainly
wrote all the Unix utilities I needed when I was stuck on CP/M--and
in assembler, no less. Writing them in Perl is 10,000 times easier,
and would sure teach them a lot.
--tom
--
"You're flame-proof in the same sense that certain plastics are fluorine-proof."
--Larry Wall
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Date: 12 Jun 1998 00:42:33 GMT
From: carrsha@charlie.cns.iit.edu (Shawn Carroll)
Subject: Does such a thing exsist?
Message-Id: <6lpthp$lrn$1@condor.cns.iit.edu>
Those of us who studied in college may remember course work in algorithms. I
had taken those class and promptly forgotten everything. Well, now that I have
begun programming for money I realize that some of the more interesting
techniques may be usefull. What I was wondering if exsited is a book on perl
along the lines of "Algorithms in C." If such a tome doesn't exsist, I am
temped to do something along those lines.
Shawn
--
Shawn Eric Christopher Carroll |"I think people have a mistaken judgment. They
shawn@iit.edu scarroll@htc.com |think I want great power. What I want is great
http://majordomo.iit.edu/shawn/ |solace, a little love. That's all I want."
Majordomo List Manager/Developer| -- Lyndon Baines Johnson, Summer 1964
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Date: Fri, 12 Jun 1998 01:32:13 GMT
From: sun_ra@my-dejanews.com
Subject: FS/FT: Computer book for sale or trade
Message-Id: <6lq0et$dsc$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>
Send me your best offer or trade.
CGI Primer Plus For Windows Mohammed J. Kabir, Waite Group Press
-----== Posted via Deja News, The Leader in Internet Discussion ==-----
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Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1998 17:34:28 -0700
From: Senthilvel Rangaswamy <senthilr@Eng.Sun.COM>
To: Chris Reynolds <cmreynolds@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: Having problems locating a bug! Can anyone help? - di.txt (0/1)
Message-Id: <Pine.SOL.3.96.980611173322.22385A-100000@rangas>
On Thu, 11 Jun 1998, Chris Reynolds wrote:
> I previously posted on needing help with reading a directory and the
> subdirectories and the size of all the files .. well, I worked on it
> and I have almost all of it complete, however, I cannot seem to figure
<-- snipped -- >
Why don't you use File::Find.
..Senthil.
DISCLAIMER: The opinions expressed are MINE and NOT my employers'.
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Date: 12 Jun 1998 01:18:16 GMT
From: mgjv@comdyn.com.au (Martien Verbruggen)
Subject: Re: Help with Perl CGI script
Message-Id: <6lpvko$9o5$3@comdyn.comdyn.com.au>
In article <3580106D.42F@internetpro.net>,
Jason Bodine <jbodine@internetpro.net> writes:
> Hi Tom:
>
> Guess I should be a little more specific. LOL. I have no problem making
> my script send mail using the good old-fashioned To: and From: headers.
> What I *do* have a problem with is writing a program that can utilize
> the Cc: and Bcc: headers as well.
It really depends on how you are sending your mail right now.
If you are using an external program, you consult the documentation of
that program, and then make perl do whatever the program needs it to
do.
If you are using one of the perl modules for this, you read the
documentation that comes with it, and do what it tells you to do to
add headers to a mail message.
I can't help you more than that, but I also don't really see the
problem.
Martien
--
Martien Verbruggen |
Webmaster www.tradingpost.com.au |
Commercial Dynamics Pty. Ltd. | Curiouser and curiouser, said Alice.
NSW, Australia |
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Date: 12 Jun 1998 01:08:16 GMT
From: mgjv@comdyn.com.au (Martien Verbruggen)
Subject: Re: HELP!
Message-Id: <6lpv20$9o5$1@comdyn.comdyn.com.au>
In article <01bd954c$997e8260$87826dc2@applicatie>,
"A. Willems" <awillems@xs4all.nl> writes:
> If somebody has some perl-scripts or some description how perl works please
Perl works magically. One sits down in a pentagram, drawn with the
blood of a freshly slaughtered black hen, clad in a black robe and
black pointy hat with silvery stars, and chants the ancient commands
that are needed to invoke perl. (The black pointy hat isn't really
necessary, but the addition of the stars made it fashionable somewhere
in 1991, so every Wizard now wears one). Sometimes lighting 7 black
candles will help tremendously, especially when chanting MS (Master of
Sourcery, yes, Sourcery) commands, since everyone knows they are less
predictable and reliable, and the black candles will protect you from
the possible nasal daemons that might attack you.
Because Perl is really magic, Perl scripts are written in runes, and
cannot be transferred over the Internet. We could set up a mind-link
and transfer them that way, but I am afraid of what I might encounter.
Alternatively, you could buy the Book of Perl Wisdom, referred to as
the Camel Book by people with the Knowledge. You can visit the magic
center at www.perl.com to find out all of the above, and much more.
> send it to:
>
> vinlud@vinlud.demon.nl
demon? You should be familiar with all of this already! You could just
ask your boss.
> Thanks!
No problem. The day of reckoning will come.
Martien
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Webmaster www.tradingpost.com.au | For heaven's sake, don't TRY to be
Commercial Dynamics Pty. Ltd. | cynical. It's perfectly easy to be
NSW, Australia | cynical.
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Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1998 23:24:17 GMT
From: Tom Phoenix <rootbeer@teleport.com>
Subject: Re: Output to file from Web page
Message-Id: <Pine.GSO.3.96.980611162359.5401u-100000@user2.teleport.com>
On Thu, 11 Jun 1998, Alex Weeks wrote:
> If I execute this from the command prompt everything works great, the
> info is printed to entry.db file and the redirect takes place.
>
> If I execute this from a browser the print "Location: $direct\n\n";
> works, but the "print OUT0" stuff does not.
When you're having trouble with a CGI program in Perl, you should first
look at the please-don't-be-offended-by-the-name Idiot's Guide to solving
such problems. It's available on CPAN.
http://www.perl.com/CPAN/
http://www.perl.org/CPAN/
http://www.perl.org/CPAN/doc/FAQs/cgi/idiots-guide.html
http://www.perl.org/CPAN/doc/manual/html/pod/
Hope this helps!
--
Tom Phoenix Perl Training and Hacking Esperanto
Randal Schwartz Case: http://www.rahul.net/jeffrey/ovs/
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Date: 12 Jun 1998 00:29:10 GMT
From: abigail@fnx.com (Abigail)
Subject: Re: perl math accuracy
Message-Id: <6lpsom$jgb$1@client3.news.psi.net>
Dave Hutchins (djhutchx@co.intel.com) wrote on MDCCXLV September MCMXCIII
in <URL: news:358042F1.3E45@co.intel.com>:
++ I can not find any reason why simple operations in perl return
++ inaccurate results,
++ such as (12 - 11.96) != 0.04
That means you cannot read the faq.
++ does anyone have a simple answer?
You have. The answer comes with Perl.
Abigail
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perl -MLWP::UserAgent -MHTML::TreeBuilder -MHTML::FormatText -wle'print +(HTML::FormatText -> new -> format (HTML::TreeBuilder -> new -> parse (LWP::UserAgent -> new -> request (HTTP::Request -> new ("GET", "http://work.ucsd.edu:5141/cgi-bin/http_webster?isindex=perl")) -> content)) =~ /(.*\))[-\s]+Addition/s) [0]'
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Date: Fri, 12 Jun 1998 00:59:21 +0100
From: Russell Schulz <Russell_Schulz@locutus.ofB.ORG>
Subject: Re: print <<EOT; problems
Message-Id: <19980612.005921.3w9.rnr.w164w@locutus.ofB.ORG>
tchrist@mox.perl.com (Tom Christiansen) writes:
> I just was soliciting your patch to "fix" this. Squeaky wheels
> and all.
I'm in the process of moving continents again, and doubt I could
even obtain the perl source for a reasonable fee (including ISP
and phone charges), even ignoring the fact that the only machine
I could compile it on is a few thousand miles away.
so it's not best to wait for me.
--
Russell_Schulz@locutus.ofB.ORG Shad 86c
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Date: 12 Jun 1998 00:31:57 GMT
From: abigail@fnx.com (Abigail)
Subject: Re: Prob in FAQ: Week of the year
Message-Id: <6lpstt$jgb$2@client3.news.psi.net>
Tom Christiansen (tchrist@mox.perl.com) wrote on MDCCXLV September
MCMXCIII in <URL: news:6lppul$ma4$8@csnews.cs.colorado.edu>:
++ [courtesy cc of this posting sent to cited author via email]
++
++ In comp.lang.perl.misc,
++ sb@engelschall.com (Steffen Beyer) writes:
++ :See http://www.engelschall.com/u/sb/download/Date-Calc/DIN1355/.
++
++ Keep in mind that last time I checked, American work weeks did not
++ follow that. Perhaps this has changed. I got out of the work business
++ long ago. :-)
Given that Americans are found of their miles, fluid ounces and
degrees Fahrenheid, I'm not quite surprised.
Lemme guess, American weeks have 12 days, cause that divides so
easily? ;)
Abigail
--
perl -pwle '$_ .= reverse'
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Date: 12 Jun 1998 00:39:38 GMT
From: Tom Christiansen <tchrist@mox.perl.com>
Subject: Re: Prob in FAQ: Week of the year
Message-Id: <6lptca$58k$2@csnews.cs.colorado.edu>
[courtesy cc of this posting sent to cited author via email]
In comp.lang.perl.misc, abigail@fnx.com writes:
:Given that Americans are found of their miles, fluid ounces and
:degrees Fahrenheit, I'm not quite surprised.
This is irrelevant. The point is simply that when the business
community says they needs something in the first Monday of the
year, they certainly expect that that Monday should be part of the
first week of the year. That the first week should have the second
of anything is, well, bizarre.
--tom
--
"We all agree on the necessity of compromise. We just can't agree on
when it's necessary to compromise."
--Larry Wall in <1991Nov13.194420.28091@netlabs.com>
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Date: 12 Jun 1998 01:37:15 GMT
From: abigail@fnx.com (Abigail)
Subject: Re: Prob in FAQ: Week of the year
Message-Id: <6lq0ob$kir$1@client3.news.psi.net>
Tom Christiansen (tchrist@mox.perl.com) wrote on MDCCXLVI September
MCMXCIII in <URL: news:6lptca$58k$2@csnews.cs.colorado.edu>:
++ [courtesy cc of this posting sent to cited author via email]
++
++ In comp.lang.perl.misc, abigail@fnx.com writes:
++ :Given that Americans are found of their miles, fluid ounces and
++ :degrees Fahrenheit, I'm not quite surprised.
++
++ This is irrelevant. The point is simply that when the business
++ community says they needs something in the first Monday of the
++ year, they certainly expect that that Monday should be part of the
++ first week of the year. That the first week should have the second
++ of anything is, well, bizarre.
As opposed to the second week having the first of anything?
I don't see why one method is more bizarre than the other.
Abigail
--
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Date: 12 Jun 1998 01:15:23 GMT
From: mgjv@comdyn.com.au (Martien Verbruggen)
Subject: Re: Suche ein Perl Buch
Message-Id: <6lpvfb$9o5$2@comdyn.comdyn.com.au>
In article <358035E7.4F40365C@okay.net>,
Urs Martini <martini@okay.net> writes:
> Hi!
>
> Ich bin auf der Suche nach einem Perl Buch das f|r Anfdnger verstdndlich
> aber auch f|r Fortgeschrittene nicht uninteressant ist.
> Kann mir da jemand hefen?
>
> cu
1) If you post to an international newgroup, like comp.lang.perl.misc
is, you should use the language that is normally used on that group,
in this case English. There are newsgroups out there that are
specifically oriented towards discussing perl in German (de.perl or
something like that).
2) You ask for a beginner's book for Perl that also won't bore more
experienced users. You should first visit www.perl.com, and follow the
links to the documentation there. There is a list of good books there,
with reviews, explanations, the whole ten doodles. If you can't find a
book there that meets both criteria, you'll have to buy two books.
Martien
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Commercial Dynamics Pty. Ltd. | clothes.
NSW, Australia |
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Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1998 21:11:59 -0400
From: Ngouah A Nguiamba <ngouah@erols.com>
Subject: Re: Vote today, read CFV for c.l.p.moderated, Post the CFV here today,
Message-Id: <3580805F.7BA1@erols.com>
Greg Bacon wrote:
>
> In article <357FE325.4937@erols.com>,
> Ngouah A Nguiamba <ngouah@erols.com> writes:
> : Please post the CFV in comp.lang.perl.misc today. One can
> : easily overlook the post done to news.groups, as I did.
>
> No!!! Everyone, please do not distribute the CFV in any way!!! If you
> want a ballot, you have two options:
>
> 1) Hunt through Deja News for
>
> Subject: CFV: comp.lang.perl.moderated moderated
>
> The article was posted to news.groups and comp.lang.perl.misc.
>
> 2) Rebecca McQuitty, a member of the Usenet Volunteer Votetakers, is
> handling this CFV. You may request a ballot from her by email; her
> address is mcq@best.com.
>
> The voting procedure is very clear about not distributing or campaigning
> during a voting period. Distributing ballots may result in cancellation
> of those resulting votes or the entire CFV. Please do not cause
> countless hours of effort to be wasted.
>
> Greg
Sorry, folks. I overlooked the post on Wednesday by Rebecca McQuitty. As
I had never read before about the voting procedure in news.groups I thought
this morning having no access to my own computer dut to a move, I would miss
the vote, believing the vote was going on *only* today.
That got me nervous as I knew I wouldn't have time to search the relevant
posts today.
I didn't mean to cause trouble. I have plenty of time to read everything.
8-).
Birgitt Funk
> --
> open(G,"|gzip -dc");$_=<<EOF;s/[0-9a-f]+/print G pack("h*",$&)/eg
> f1b88000b620f22320303fa2d2e21584ccbcf29c84d2258084
> d2ac158c84c4ece4d22d1000118a8d5491000000
> EOF
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Date: 12 Jun 1998 00:25:56 GMT
From: mgjv@comdyn.com.au (Martien Verbruggen)
Subject: Re: Why doesn't this work?
Message-Id: <6lpsik$9dg$1@comdyn.comdyn.com.au>
Please read the following information on how to choose a good subject
line:
http://www.perl.com/CPAN/authors/Dean_Roehrich/subjects.post
> syntax error at populate.pl line 51, near "my"
> Not enough arguments for values at populate.pl line 70, near "values ="
> my $query =<<EndOfQuery;
> select *
> from $table
> EndOfQuery
Are you using perl5? (try perl -v from the command line, make sure
that that is the same perl that you are using to run this script)
If you are using perl5, try including the -w flag to see if that gives
you more information about what is causing the error. It might
actually originate on a line before 51.
> # below is referenced error line 70
> print header, popup_menu(-name => 'popup', -values = [@array], -labels =>
> {%hash});
Does @array contain anything? You don't seem to do any error checking
on your db access.
Martien
--
Martien Verbruggen |
Webmaster www.tradingpost.com.au | I took an IQ test and the results were
Commercial Dynamics Pty. Ltd. | negative.
NSW, Australia |
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