>-----Original Message-----
>From: Peter Eisengrein [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2000 18:41
>To: 'Bellenger, Bruno (Paris)'; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
>Subject: RE: character string length
>
>Thanks. I'm pretty sure that it is a dos problem, or, more likely a
code
>problem on my part. I would have liked to have written the html
table-maker
>script as a .pm but I'm afraid I'm still too much of a newbie to
know how.
>It would work fine as a sub{} within the script itself (probably
faster
>too), but I'd like to use this with other scripts. Can you point me
in the
>right direction to learn to write a module? Or am I off-track with
that too?
>
>Thanks.
Keep posting to the list so that all can contribute help on your new
questions.
In fact, you may not need to build a module yourself to do this.
A 'require' statement might be all you need here.
Here's what Perldoc says about it :
C:\>perldoc -q require
Found in C:\Perl\5.005\lib/pod/perlfaq8.pod
What's the difference between require and use?
Perl offers several different ways to include code from
one file into another. Here are the deltas between the
various inclusion constructs:
1) do $file is like eval `cat $file`, except the former:
1.1: searches @INC and updates %INC.
1.2: bequeaths an *unrelated* lexical scope on the eval'ed
code.
2) require $file is like do $file, except the former:
2.1: checks for redundant loading, skipping already loaded
files.
2.2: raises an exception on failure to find, compile, or
execute $file.
3) require Module is like require "Module.pm", except the
former:
3.1: translates each "::" into your system's directory
separator.
3.2: primes the parser to disambiguate class Module as an
indirect object.
4) use Module is like require Module, except the former:
4.1: loads the module at compile time, not run-time.
4.2: imports symbols and semantics from that package to the
current one.
In general, you usually want `use' and a proper Perl
module.
About building modules, see below some of this year's post about the matter.
Also have a look at
http://world.std.com/~swmcd/steven/perl/
http://world.std.com/~swmcd/steven/perl/module_mechanics.html
http://www.pconline.com/~erc/perlmod.htm
Check
http://www.perl.com/CPAN-local/doc/manual/html/pod/perlmodlib.html
too, and look for 'Modules: Creation, Use, and Abuse' in it.
Hope this helps !
Cheers.
_____________________________________________
Bruno Bellenger
Sr. Network/Systems Administrator
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-----Original Message-----
From: Kenneth Bandes [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2000 17:46
To: Perl-Win32-Users Mailing List
Subject: Re: Modules
Ankit wrote:
> Does someone have a link to a good tutorial or a FAQ on Modules?Is
it easy
> to learn about modules?someone i know quit perl when he couldn't
grasp
> modules.Please send me a good link.thanks
I recommend "Tom's Object-Oriented Tutorial" by Tom Christiansen.
This
is included with your Perl distribution as perltoot. Check out the
on-line docs from the start menu.
Ken Bandes
-----Original Message-----
From: Ned Konz [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, April 07, 2000 17:29
To: Perl-Win32-Users Mailing List
Cc: Perl-Win32-Users Mailing List
Subject: Re: Creating Modules
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Sorry to bother everyone but can someone direct me to
documentation on how
> to create a module? Maybe module is not the right word. I want
to be able
> to access a set of global functions that I can store in one file
and use in
> another file. Thanks.
try:
perldoc perlmod
and/or:
perldoc perlmodlib
--
Ned Konz
currently: Stanwood, WA
email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
homepage: http://www.bike-nomad.com
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