<Long-shot guess> The first element is a filehandle (or reference to one) and once the filehandle is closed the element is now uninitialized.
I think the module didn't splice out that element. </guess> <Guess 2> You have no value for that element from the data you are tying. </guess 2> What does $array[0] have? have you tried debugging or Data::Dumper to see what @array consistes of? this is only a warning, you can turn off warnings to avoid the message if that's all you wanted. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2002 8:33 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Strange tie Problem > > > The following snippet is from "Advanced perl programming" by Sriram > Srinivasan. A test program is also attached. > If I print any other list element, it works fine but for > the first element ( $array[1] ), it gives a warning. What's on?? > Perl version is 5.6.0 on RH Linux 7. > > /home/atul/myperl> ./tst.pl > Use of uninitialized value in seek at > /home/atul/myperl/TieFile.pm line 27. > #!/usr/bin/perl -w > /home/atul/myperl> > > > ----------------- Example Program ( tst.pl ) ---------------- > #!/usr/bin/perl -w > use lib qw(/home/atul/myperl); # so it can find module > use TieFile; > my @array; > tie @array, 'TieFile', 'tst.pl'; # read the program file > itself as data > print "$array[1]"; > ----------------- Example Program ( tst.pl ) ---------------- > > > --------------------- CUT HERE -------------------- > > package TieFile; > use Symbol; > use strict; > # The object constructed in TIEARRAY is an array, and these are the > # fields > my $F_OFFSETS = 0; # List of file seek offsets (for each line) > my $F_FILEHANDLE = 1; # Open filehandle > > sub TIEARRAY { > my ($pkg, $filename) = @_; > my $fh = gensym; > open ($fh, $filename) || die "Could not open file: $!\n"; > bless [ [0], # 0th line is at offset 0 > $fh > ], $pkg; > } > > sub FETCH { > my ($obj, $index) = @_; > # Have we already read this line? > my $rl_offsets = $obj->[$F_OFFSETS]; > my $fh = $obj->[$F_FILEHANDLE]; > if ($index > @$rl_offsets) { > $obj->read_until ($index); > } else { > # seek to the appropriate file offset > seek ($fh, $rl_offsets->[$index], 0); > } > return (scalar <$fh>); # Return a single line, by > evaluating <$fh> > } > > sub STORE { > die "Sorry. Cannot update file using package TieFile\n"; > } > > sub DESTROY { > my ($obj) = @_; > # close the filehandle > close($obj->[$F_FILEHANDLE]); > } > > sub read_until { > my ($obj, $index) = @_; > my $rl_offsets = $obj->[$F_OFFSETS]; > my $last_index = @$rl_offsets - 1; > my $last_offset = $rl_offsets->[$last_index]; > my $fh = $obj->[$F_FILEHANDLE]; > seek ($fh, $last_offset, 0); > my $buf; > while (defined($buf = <$fh>)) { > $last_offset += length($buf); > $last_index++; > push (@$rl_offsets, $last_offset); > last if $last_index > $index; > } > } > > 1; > > --------------------- CUT HERE -------------------- > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------- The views and opinions expressed in this email message are the sender's own, and do not necessarily represent the views and opinions of Summit Systems Inc. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]