i am using IO::File so that i can use the seekable feature to set the
file pointer position.
$OUT_BINARY = new IO::File "> test.file";
binmode ($OUT_BINARY)
if i execute this, the write works:
print $OUT_BINARY $data;
what i want to do (for the sake of pointing out the problem) is to
instead turn the print statement into a subroutine - where i would
call it passing in $OUT_BINARY (the file handle) and $data (the data
to write).
the sub looks like this:
sub write_fp_data {
#called with:
# file pointer = $_[0]
# data value = $_[1]
#this attempts to do the write - but fails
print $_[0] $_[1]; #line 101
}
and the call to the sub, looks like this:
&write_fp_data($OUT_BINARY, $data);
this all seems 'simple enough', though when using this with the sub bombs with:
Scalar found where operator expected at FILE2.PL line 101, near "] $_"
(Missing operator before $_?)
syntax error at FILE2.PL line 101, near "] $_"
Execution of FILE2.PL aborted due to compilation errors.
im certain this must have something to do with my using $_[0] versus
$OUT_BINARY in the sub routine - but i cant see what is wrong with
this code. would be most appreciative if anyone can see the glaring
problem!
greg
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