Of the two, I prefer the former, as it's
easy to read and hence to maintain. In
fact, I'd make it clear by
$html.=<<"__END_OF_HTML__";
Put it $here
like so....
__END_OF_HTML__
Lee
---
Obligatory perl schmutter .sig:
perl -e "print rand > 0.5 ? q/\\/ : q\/\ while 1"
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
> Matthew Thompson
> Sent: 26 June 2001 14:53
> To: Perl Web (E-mail)
> Subject: effiency in string formatting???
>
>
> Hi all,
> Any one had any comments on this lot of code:
>
> ---------------------------
>
> $html="start of html code";
>
> foreach $_ (@users) {
> chomp($_);
> ($name, $pass, $privelages) = split(/:/, $_);
> $html.="<TR><TD><INPUT TYPE=\"radio\" NAME=\"user\" VALUE=\"";
> $html.=$name;
> $html.="\"></TD>\n<TD>\n";
> $html.=$name;
> $html.="</TD><TD>";
> $html.=$privelages;
> $html.="</TD></TR>\n";
> }
> $html.="rest of html code";
> print $html;
>
> -----------------------
>
> Is that more efficient than this
>
> -----------------------
>
> $html="start of html code";
>
> foreach $_ (@users) {
> chomp($_);
> ($name, $pass, $privelages) = split(/:/, $_);
> $html.="<TR><TD><INPUT TYPE=\"radio\" NAME=\"user\"
> VALUE=\"$name\"></TD>\n<TD>\n$name</TD><TD>$privelages</TD></TR>\n";
> }
>
> $html.="rest of html code";
> print $html;
>
> --------------------------
>
>
> ? Is this splitting heirs and there is no difference? Would it make a
> difference printing out straight away instead of putting it in a variable?
> I ask as I remember reading something once that the perl interpreter treats
> 'print "$name";' different from 'print $name;' and the later is more
> efficient (I think).
>
> Cheers,
> Matt
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