Correct me if I'm wrong group (I'm still a Perl novice myself), but whenever one passes an argument to a subroutine, shouldn't one always set local variables to $_[x]? Or at the very least add my @params = @_?
Paul: My suggestion is to add "my $param = $_[0];" as the first line of sub buildexcel, and replace instances of $_[0] with $param. - Ed ------------------------------------------------------- Edward A. Christian, Backbone Engineer PenTeleData email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 540 Delaware Avenue web: http://www.penteledata.net Palmerton, PA 18071 phone: (800) 281-3564 x2458 ------------------------------------------------------- "Any lock can be opened, any wall can be broken...." -----Original Message----- From: Paul Kraus [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2002 2:32 PM To: Perl Subject: if structure voiding string when condition not met? When I run this code &buildexcel("Age"); ... sub buildexcel{ ... my $sheet=$book->worksheets('AgeRaw') if ($_[0] eq "Age"); my $sheet=$book->worksheets('ReceiptsRaw') if ($_[0] eq "Cash"); $sheet->activate(); ... } I get this error ... Can't call method "activate" on an undefined value at armonth.pl line 92 <AGE> line 17904. If I comment out my $sheet=$book->worksheets('ReceiptsRaw') if ($_[0] eq "Cash"); then it executes correctly. This is really confusing me since the only thing being passed to the subroutine is "Age" so the "Cash" if should never ever execute. But it seems that it is checking it and then setting $sheet to null or something when the condition comes back false. I am Paul Kraus Network Administrator PEL Supply Company 216.267.5775 Voice 216-267-6176 Fax www.pelsupply.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
