Thanks for the advice, I will try HARDER and repost if I cannot figure
it out!
"R. Joseph Newton" wrote:
>
> Mame Mbodji wrote:
>
> > This is a hwk, but I never asked for a complete answer
>
> 1. The term "homework" refers to something fluid, rather than discrete, and
> therefore does not take an article ['a' or 'the']
> 2. Please do not abbreviate words, unless the abbreviation is a very standard
> one. I wasted 2-3 minutes just puzzling out what "hwk" meant: Hawk? some
> mispspelling or typographical error/ Who knows? There are enough accidental
> errors that get into e-mail traffic. There is no need to add those that arise
> simply from a lack of effort.
>
> When asking for guidance related to school studies, it is a good idea to explain
> what topics you are covering. The example problem you are working with can be
> handled in a number of ways. Which one may be most appropriate depends largely
> on what programming tools it is intended to help you learn about. Is the
> reverese function the focus of your studies? Have shoft or unshift come up in
> your class readings? Is the focus on handling string data?
>
> One thing I would suggest from seeing your code--you need to have more respect
> for the material.
> Int his code:
> while(my @line = <REGFILE>) {
>
> foreach my $lin(@line){
> my @lines = $lin;
> print reverse(@lines);
> }
>
> }
>
> You use some variant or abbreviation for the word line in three different
> places. You do not use them sensibly. The plural of line is lines. This
> should probably be the name of the array, since it is the array that holds more
> than one line. The elements in each line are characters, not lines. Why do you
> call them @lines? That doesn't make sense.
>
> There are a number of simple ways to achieve the desired effect. Please rework
> your code, using variable names that indicate that you have put some serious
> thought into the problem, and repost. We can probably guide you towards some
> good solutions.
>
> Joseph
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