Re: Perl is amazing!!

2001-08-22 Thread jim-ryan
Get your own Zoo. Start with a llama a camel. **Hint and tip to all who are new to perl** Don't type in the examples - download them... O'Reilly has most/all of the examples downloadable from their web site (I use ora.com). Additionally, most of the books in the zoo have downloadable Sample

Re: assistance needed with data gathering/manipulation

2001-08-20 Thread jim-ryan
+ $new_element; $avg = $sum/10; $list = $old_list with first element removed and new element added Take a look at the list processing push, pop and shift, unshift... -jim ryan - Original Message - From: Yacketta, Ronald [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Beginners (E-mail) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday

Re: PERL IS NOT A HIGH LEVEL LANGUAGE

2001-08-18 Thread jim-ryan
Yeah but, Paul Graham only found ...If they wanted Perl or Python programmers... ...a bit frightening... He was scared sh*tless if they were asking for LISP PROGRAMMERS. -jim ryan How do you pronounce cdr anyway?? - Original Message - From: Ask Bjoern Hansen [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: PERL IS NOT A HIGH LEVEL LANGUAGE

2001-08-17 Thread jim-ryan
Oops, you've run smack into Academic Hubris. Someone who has not done anywork in perl would have to agree with will's assessment... I think both these guys (will and the un-named C++ application reviewer) don't know a thing about perl (Cluelessness is bliss), and view it as a glorified DOS batch

Re: html to SQL script

2001-08-17 Thread jim-ryan
] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -jim ryan - Original Message - From: Teresa Raymond [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, August 18, 2001 12:14 AM Subject: html to SQL script I have never worked with SQL before but I need to dump about 900 html files into a SQL database. Someone