cpan message

2006-03-08 Thread Owen
This message pops up when a new CPAN.pm is available There's a new CPAN.pm version (v1.87) available! [Current version is v1.83] You might want to try install Bundle::CPAN reload cpan without quitting the current session. It should be a seamless upgrade while we are running... Wh

Parallel Port and Console Application

2006-03-08 Thread LinuxMurah . com
Hi GUYS, I'm a beginner in PERL. After Python confusing me about installing Parallel Port module, I decide to try Perl and hopefuly I have a future with Perl. So I already download Parallel Port module (http://search.cpan.org/CPAN/authors/id/S/SC/SCOTT/Device-ParallelPort-1.00.tar.gz) then how thi

LinuxMurah.com wants to talk to you using Google Talk

2006-03-08 Thread LinuxMurah . com
--- LinuxMurah.com wants to talk to you for free using Google Talk. If you already have Gmail or Google Talk, visit: http://mail.google.com/mail/b-d09da123d2-c968a3e5b6-71df5c976a5f43bc You'll need to click this link in order to

Re: linux doesn't like me

2006-03-08 Thread John W. Krahn
Kathryn E. Bushley wrote: > Hello, Hello, > Maybe not a perl question but I'm trying to run my perl program below and > am getting the following error which I'm fairly certain is from the linux > system: > >>(BC1G_02948.1) AMP 1/1 144 522 > sh: -c: line 0: syntax error near unexpected token `('

Re: linux doesn't like me

2006-03-08 Thread Tom Phoenix
On 3/8/06, Kathryn E. Bushley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Maybe not a perl question but I'm trying to run my perl program below and > am getting the following error which I'm fairly certain is from the linux > system: > > >(BC1G_02948.1) AMP 1/1 144 522 > sh: -c: line 0: syntax error near unexpec

RE: FW: Reading a Unicode text file

2006-03-08 Thread Baskaran Sankaran
Hi group, Finally I made Perl to understand my file (the context is the mail quoted below). The problems is with how the file is saved in Unicode. I saved the file this time as utf8 (in notepad) and the same code works now (earlier I saved as Unicode text file) including regular expression f

Re: linux doesn't like me

2006-03-08 Thread Jeff Pang
>>(BC1G_02948.1) AMP 1/1 144 522 >sh: -c: line 0: syntax error near unexpected token `(' >sh: -c: line 0: `getseq.pl 56 374 (BC1G_03519.1) Botrytis_annotations' > How do you run your script? It seems that you run it as 'sh script.pl'. For correctly,you should run it as 'perl script.pl' or 'chmod

linux doesn't like me

2006-03-08 Thread Kathryn E. Bushley
Hello, Maybe not a perl question but I'm trying to run my perl program below and am getting the following error which I'm fairly certain is from the linux system: >(BC1G_02948.1) AMP 1/1 144 522 sh: -c: line 0: syntax error near unexpected token `(' sh: -c: line 0: `getseq.pl 56 374 (BC1G_03519.1

Re: counting scalar array elements question

2006-03-08 Thread John W. Krahn
Hans Meier (John Doe) wrote: >>>From: Graeme McLaren [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >>> If I have a variable, $var, and it contains an array how would I be >>> able to easily count the number of elements in the array? I've tried >>> creating a new array and pushing the original array on to it but t

Re: counting scalar array elements question

2006-03-08 Thread Hans Meier (John Doe)
> > From: Graeme McLaren [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 3:57 PM > > To: beginners@perl.org > > Subject: counting scalar array elements question > > > > Hi all, I have an array question: > > > > If I have a variable, $var, and it contains an array how would I be able >

RE: counting scalar array elements question

2006-03-08 Thread Timothy Johnson
You need to dereference your array ref. my $count = @{$var}; Or in some circumstances it might make more sense to explicitly use scalar context: my $count = scalar @{$var}; -Original Message- From: Graeme McLaren [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 3:57 PM T

counting scalar array elements question

2006-03-08 Thread Graeme McLaren
Hi all, I have an array question: If I have a variable, $var, and it contains an array how would I be able to easily count the number of elements in the array? I've tried creating a new array and pushing the original array on to it but that creates an array of arrays. Basically I have: my

Re: problems with Class::Std and Vstrings

2006-03-08 Thread Tom Phoenix
On 3/8/06, Angus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Error: Vstrings are not implemented in the version of perl at > /../../../5.8.7/version/vpp.pm > Is this is a know bug or should I just try to re-install Class::Std and it's > dependencies? It's a known feature. :-) As seen at http://perldoc.perl

Re: how to work with ^@ ^M ^D etc. ?

2006-03-08 Thread Rafael Morales
It seems like if you were creating/editing files in windows and re-editing in unix later. When I have that symbols I do this in my console. > dos2unix original_file.txt newfile.txt Use it maybe it helps you. > - Original Message - > From: "Tom Phoenix" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Eugeny

Re: how to work with ^@ ^M ^D etc. ?

2006-03-08 Thread Tom Phoenix
On 3/8/06, Eugeny Altshuler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How to replace character which looks in vim like ^@ ^M ^D ? It looks as if you're talking about "control characters". In Perl's double-quoted strings, and similar places, you may use "\cX" to denote "control-X". So you could write code like

how to work with ^@ ^M ^D etc. ?

2006-03-08 Thread Eugeny Altshuler
How to replace character which looks in vim like ^@ ^M ^D ? I try to parse file generated by soft to my mobile for comfort reading. Thanks, Altshuler Eugeny -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: multistring replacement

2006-03-08 Thread Bob Showalter
Chas Owens wrote: On 3/8/06, Eugeny Altshuler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: snip local $/; # to slurp the file at once my $joined=<>; ... Be careful with the setting of $/. In small scripts like this one it is not very dangerous, but in larger scripts in can cause all manner of bugs if not prope

Re: multistring replacement

2006-03-08 Thread Chas Owens
On 3/8/06, Eugeny Altshuler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: snip > local $/; # to slurp the file at once > my $joined=<>; snip > What '\s*=\s*(["']).*?\1' mean? Be careful with the setting of $/. In small scripts like this one it is not very dangerous, but in larger scripts in can cause all manner of

Re: multistring replacement

2006-03-08 Thread Eugeny Altshuler
> That's one way to pass the file content to a script via the STDIN filehandle. > A shorter way is to pass the filename to the script: > > $ ./myscript file.html > > Try out this code: > > #!/usr/bin/perl > use strict; > use warnings; > > open my $fh, $ARGV[0] or die "can't open passed file '$ARGV[

Re: multistring replacement

2006-03-08 Thread Hans Meier (John Doe)
Eugeny Altshuler am Mittwoch, 8. März 2006 11.35: > Hello! > > I have such problem, I need to make multistring replacement... How can > I do this? > > I tried to make perl script which acquires file form STDIN and prints > result into STDOUT > > cat file.html | ./myscript That's one way to pass th

multistring replacement

2006-03-08 Thread Eugeny Altshuler
Hello! I have such problem, I need to make multistring replacement... How can I do this? I tried to make perl script which acquires file form STDIN and prints result into STDOUT cat file.html | ./myscript I work with html-files and I want to convert them into necessory format. I want to delete

problems with Class::Std and Vstrings

2006-03-08 Thread Angus
Hi, I am trying to write some perl objects using Class::Std but when I run tests against my module it says Error: Vstrings are not implemented in the version of perl at /../../../5.8.7/version/vpp.pm Is this is a know bug or should I just try to re-install Class::Std and it's dependen

[OT] sanitize/sanitise ? [was: [regexp] Speaking of the /s modifier...]

2006-03-08 Thread Hans Meier (John Doe)
Adam W am Mittwoch, 8. März 2006 02.10: > Hans Meier (John Doe) wrote: > > Adam W am Mittwoch, 8. März 2006 00.49: > >>Sorry, I'm relatively new to programming in general (perl is my first > >>programming language), so I'm not sure what you mean by "sanitizing." > > > > Could also be "sanitising",