noob question" I see advanced users here using various styles of open(). (wrapping done by -ed) This: open( my $outfile, '>', 'perlfile.txt') or die(" Error opening file:$!");
And this: open my $outfile, '>', 'perlfile.txt' or die "could not open perlfile.txt for writing: $!\n"; Seem popular. Is there something beyond style that makes those methods better than what appears to be a simpler format: open(my $outfile,">file.txt")or die "Can't open file.txt : $!"; print $outfile "Hello world\n"; The last has several less elements of syntax to stumble over or forget but that way of writing an `open()' seems to be out of favor. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/