On Thu, Jul 12, 2001 at 09:52:32AM +0100, Govinderjit Dhinsa wrote:
> Does any body know why the printf is not printing anything out!
>
> I tested the rest of the script by replacing the printf line with,
> ##########
> print "$line";
> ##########
> the file prints (with out any changes to the file, as expected). So
> everything else is working apart from the printf.
> foreach $line(@newarray) {
>
> $a = substr($_, 0, 18);
> $b = substr($_, 32, 1);
> $c = substr($_, 290, 10);
> printf "%18s %1s %10s\n",$a, $b, $c;
> }
You are iterating with $line, but using $_ in substr. You need to
select one or the other.
foreach (@newarray)
or
$a = substr($line, 0, 18);
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