Re: Can't use subscript in angle brackets

2005-05-24 Thread John W. Krahn
Tielman Koekemoer (TNE) wrote: Hi all, Hello, Why can't I use a subscript in the angle brackets? e.g. @files=`ls /app2/koekemtn/scripts/dbstats/test`; chomp $files[0]; open ( $files[0] , "<$files[0]") || die "Cannot open $files[0]\n"; while (<$files[0]>) { print "$_"; } perldoc

RE: Can't use subscript in angle brackets

2005-05-25 Thread Tielman Koekemoer \(TNE\)
Thanks for the help. So I cannot use an array or hash in angle brackets as file handle. I have a variable amount of files which I'd like opened and the contents shuffled. What would be the best way to do this as my next idea also did not work? _BEGIN_ @files=`ls /app2/koekemtn/scripts/dbstats/te

Re: Can't use subscript in angle brackets

2005-05-25 Thread Ing. Branislav Gerzo
Tielman Koekemoer (TNE) [TK], on Wednesday, May 25, 2005 at 10:32 (+0200) typed the following: TK> $file$num = $line; # Problem assignment! use hash instead scalar variables; $file{$num} is OK. First you have to ofcourse declare it: my %file = (); -- How do you protect mail on web? I

Re: Can't use subscript in angle brackets

2005-05-25 Thread Xavier Noria
On May 25, 2005, at 10:32, Tielman Koekemoer ((TNE)) wrote: Thanks for the help. So I cannot use an array or hash in angle brackets as file handle. I have a variable amount of files which I'd like opened and the contents shuffled. What would be the best way to do this as my next idea also did n

RE: Can't use subscript in angle brackets

2005-05-25 Thread Thomas Bätzler
Hi, Tielman Koekemoer (TNE) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> asked: > Thanks for the help. So I cannot use an array or hash in > angle brackets as file handle. I have a variable amount of > files which I'd like opened and the contents shuffled. What > would be the best way to do this as my next idea also d

RE: Can't use subscript in angle brackets

2005-05-25 Thread Jeff 'japhy' Pinyan
On May 25, Tielman Koekemoer (TNE) said: Thanks for the help. So I cannot use an array or hash in angle brackets as file handle. I have a variable amount of files which I'd like opened and the contents shuffled. What would be the best way to do this as my next idea also did not work? @files=`

Re: Can't use subscript in angle brackets

2005-05-25 Thread Dave Gray
> foreach my $file ( @ARGV ){ > if( my $fh = new IO::File $file ){ # Be explicit[1] if (my $fh = IO::File->new($file)) { > push @infh, $fh; > } else { > die "Failed to open input file '$file': $!"; > } > } [1] -- To u