Re: string change problem

2004-03-29 Thread Smoot Carl-Mitchell
On Mon, 29 Mar 2004 15:05:34 +0530 "MuthuKumar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hai all. > > I want to make a script which converts like (pErl1234test = > perl).I > wrote like > > #!/usr/bin/perl > print "Enter ur name" > $name = > $org_name = $n

Re: string change problem

2004-03-29 Thread James Edward Gray II
On Mar 29, 2004, at 3:35 AM, MuthuKumar wrote: Hai all. Howdy. I want to make a script which converts like (pErl1234test = perl).I wrote like #!/usr/bin/perl print "Enter ur name" $name = $org_name = $name You are missing semi-colons on all three lin

Re: string change problem

2004-03-29 Thread Flemming Greve Skovengaard
MuthuKumar wrote: Hai all. I want to make a script which converts like (pErl1234test = perl).I wrote like #!/usr/bin/perl print "Enter ur name" $name = $org_name = $name $name =~ s/\W.*//; #change 1 $name =~ tr/A-Z/a-z/; #change 2

Re: string change problem

2004-03-29 Thread WC -Sx- Jones
MuthuKumar wrote: Hai all. I want to make a script which converts like (pErl1234test = perl).I wrote like #!/usr/bin/perl print "Enter ur name" $name = $org_name = $name $name =~ s/\W.*//; #change 1 $name =~ tr/A-Z/a-z/; #change 2

Re: string change problem

2004-03-29 Thread Randy W. Sims
MuthuKumar wrote: Hai all. I want to make a script which converts like (pErl1234test = perl).I wrote like #!/usr/bin/perl print "Enter ur name" $name = $org_name = $name $name =~ s/\W.*//; #change 1 $name =~ tr/A-Z/a-z/; #change 2

Re: string change problem

2004-03-29 Thread John W. Krahn
Muthukumar wrote: > > Hai all. Hello, > I want to make a script which converts like (pErl1234test = perl).I > wrote like > > #!/usr/bin/perl > print "Enter ur name" > $name = > $org_name = $name > $name =~ s/\W.*//; #change 1 The \W character class includes every character that is NOT a-

Re: string change problem

2004-03-29 Thread Smoot Carl-Mitchell
On Mon, 29 Mar 2004 12:14:49 -0600 James Edward Gray II <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mar 29, 2004, at 11:02 AM, Smoot Carl-Mitchell wrote: > > > On Mon, 29 Mar 2004 15:05:34 +0530 > > "MuthuKumar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> $name =~ s/\W.*//; #change 1 > > > > This RE del

RE: string change problem

2004-03-29 Thread Charles K. Clarkson
news <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: : : I want to make a script which converts like : (pErl1234test = perl).I : wrote like : : #!/usr/bin/perl Always use the following two statements at the beginning of your scripts. They will help catch errors. use strict; use warnings; :

Re: string change problem

2004-03-29 Thread Jeff 'japhy' Pinyan
On Mar 29, MuthuKumar said: >I want to make a script which converts like (pErl1234test = perl).I >#!/usr/bin/perl >print "Enter ur name" >$name = >$org_name = $name Those three lines are all missing semicolons. >$name =~ s/\W.*//; #change 1

Re: string change problem

2004-03-29 Thread James Edward Gray II
On Mar 29, 2004, at 11:02 AM, Smoot Carl-Mitchell wrote: On Mon, 29 Mar 2004 15:05:34 +0530 "MuthuKumar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: $name =~ s/\W.*//; #change 1 This RE deletes zero or more non-alphanumeric characters followed by anything. So it deletes the entire string, since there

RE: string change problem

2004-03-29 Thread Charles K. Clarkson
WC -Sx- Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: : : MuthuKumar wrote: : > : > I want to make a script which converts : > like (pErl1234test = perl). I wrote like : : #! /usr/bin/perl -w : : print "Enter ur name"; : my $name = ; : my $org_name = $name; : $org_name =~ s/[^a-z]/ /gi; : $org_name

Re: string change problem

2004-03-29 Thread WC -Sx- Jones
Charles K. Clarkson wrote: WC -Sx- Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: : : MuthuKumar wrote: : print "Enter ur name"; Sorry, Sx. That produces this: Org = perltest As Entered = pErl1234test The OP wanted: Org = perl As Entered = pErl1234test Sure, but "Enter ur name"

Re: string change problem

2004-03-30 Thread Muthukumar
To: "'MuthuKumar'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 6:09 PM Subject: RE: string change problem > news <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > : > : I want to make a script which converts like > : (pErl1234test = perl).I

Re: string change problem

2004-03-30 Thread Wiggins d Anconia
Please bottom post. > Hello All, > > I am really very happy to receive the detailful response from you all.It is great. > Thanks for all helping me to start my knowledge on PERL programming. > 'perl' or 'Perl', never 'PERL'. perldoc -q '"Perl"' http://danconia.org -- To unsubscr