> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian [mailto:brian5432...@yahoo.co.uk]
> Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 11:03
> To: Perl Beginners
> Subject: help needed to get over endless loop
>
> Hi
> I had this semi-working, changed something and can't remember where I
> went right, so would appreciate some help getting back on top.
>
> I know 1..10 and 2..10 probably won't work in the following
> example, I
> have just changed lines to show what I am trying to get.
>
You are not running with strict, warnings which would give you a
heads up
> $mystart = -2;
> $i = 1;
>
> for ($i = 1..10 ) {
>
> while ($i = 1 ) {
You would get warning if warnings were on. You are assigning 1
to $i and not $i == 1.
Better to give your code for the list to review.
If you have any questions and/or problems, please let me know.
Thanks.
Wags ;)
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> if ($mystart < 1 ) {print "line 1 no data"}
> if ($mystart > 0 ) {print "line 1 data"}
> $mystart++ ; $i++;
> }
> }
>
>
>
> while ($i = 2..10 ) {
> if ($mystart < 1 ) {print "line 2..10 no data"}
> if ($mystart > 0 ) {print "line 2..10 with data"}
> $mystart++ ; $i++;
> }
> }
>
>
> thanks
> Brian
>
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