> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of MARTIN MOSS > Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2004 12:11 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Perl-unix-users] taking strings and printing them > to a file which is itself a perl file > > All, > > Hope everyone's having a pleasant day! > > I have a really urgent problem which I just can't seem > to resolve. > > I have a data structure, which I want to write out to > a file. The file I'd like to write would actually be a > perl file which I can 'require' at a later date, after > it's been manually edited. > > The format of the output hash I wish to write is:- > > $hash= { > 'key' => { > 'original_value' > =>$original_value', > 'new_value' => '$original_value', > > 'files' => [ > '$file1','$file2' > ] > }, > };
Data::Dumper is a useful module for dumping data structures to a file in a human-friendly format. > > Where $original_value & the $file1,$file2 values can > contain ANY character. > I could write my own regex replacements for things > like Brackets and anything else which would prevent > the compilation of the 'requirable' file. But I > suspect that I've probably missed something out and > there's a nice CPAN module (which I haven't found) or > something else I should be using instead. > > > Marty _______________________________________________ Perl-Unix-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs
