Luinrandir wrote:
> OK.. maybe I'm trying to be too fancy.
>
> the package is:
> ###################
> package Names;
> @Countries("Ireland","Wales");
The '@' sigil can only be in front of an array or a slice. You probably meant:
@Countries = ( "Ireland", "Wales" );
> %Lord{Ireland}=("Bob","Tom");
> %Lord{Wales}=("Ted","Ned");
The '%' sigil can only be in front of a hash. You probably meant:
$Lord{ Ireland } = [ "Bob", "Tom" ];
$Lord{ Wales } = [ "Ted", "Ned" ];
Or:
%Lord = (
Ireland => [ "Bob", "Tom" ],
Wales => [ "Ted", "Ned" ],
);
> return 1;
You can only return fron a subroutine. You probably meant:
1;
> #################
> the program is:
> ###################
> foreach $Country(@Names::Countries)
> {
> print qq|$Names::$Lord{$Country}|;
^^^
Another syntax error. And you don't need to quote scalars.
print $Names::Lord{ $Country };
> }
> ###################
perldoc perl
[snip]
perlsyn Perl syntax
perldata Perl data structures
perldsc Perl data structures intro
perllol Perl data structures: arrays of arrays
perlmod Perl modules: how they work
perlmodlib Perl modules: how to write and use
perlmodstyle Perl modules: how to write modules with style
John
--
use Perl;
program
fulfillment
--
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
