On Monday, June 3, 2002, at 10:45 AM, bob ackerman wrote:
> > On Monday, June 3, 2002, at 10:37 AM, Jeff 'japhy' Pinyan wrote: > >> On Jun 3, bob ackerman said: >> >>>> @ARGV = "< $filename" if $opt_f; >>> >>> why '<' ? isn't '$filename' enough for get '<>' to open and read from >>> that >>> file? >> >> I feel safer when I explicitly state the mode. Unless you want the user >> to put 'foo |' as the filename (that is, the output of a pipe), then you >> should use the file mode in your program explicitly. > > i didn't realize that the 'while(<>')' would respect modes. i thought it > was only for input. > good to know. i meant 'while(<>)' so how do i find documentation on '<>' or 'magic'? anyway? > >> -- >> Jeff "japhy" Pinyan [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> http://www.pobox.com/~japhy/ >> RPI Acacia brother #734 http://www.perlmonks.org/ >> http://www.cpan.org/ >> ** Look for "Regular Expressions in Perl" published by Manning, in 2002 >> * >> * >> <stu> what does y/// stand for? <tenderpuss> why, yansliterate of >> course. >> [ I'm looking for programming work. If you like my work, let me know. >> ] >> > > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
