Re: Syntax Culture

2002-08-01 Thread Jenda Krynicky
From: Wiggins d'Anconia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sorry this is so delayed, but I have to exploit the chance to be anal > :-)... > > In two of the responses the language of "creating a value" was used, > which is also dangerous in a *philosophical* way (I use the term > extremely lightly), in such t

Re: Syntax Culture

2002-07-31 Thread Wiggins d'Anconia
#x27; value, in the way (5+4) is reduced to a >literal 9. > > Often, if you are confused if something is an expression or not, you may be looking >at a block of code that contains expressions inside of it, but is not one itself. > > Hope this helps! > > -Origin

RE: Syntax Culture

2002-07-28 Thread Cody Art Supply LLC
27; value, in the way (5+4) is reduced to a literal 9. Often, if you are confused if something is an expression or not, you may be looking at a block of code that contains expressions inside of it, but is not one itself. Hope this helps! -Original Message- From: Connie Chan [mailto:[EMAI

Re: Syntax Culture

2002-07-28 Thread Janek Schleicher
Connie Chan wrote at Sat, 27 Jul 2002 15:15:03 +0200: > With this, I'll have a question again =) > how about : for (my $x = 0; $x <= 100; $x++){} ? > In every loop, $x return the value to the middle, > and the middle design to roll another loop or not. It is doing something similar to >if then e

Re: Syntax Culture

2002-07-27 Thread Connie Chan
> > These are all expressions: > 1 > 1 + 2 > $x * 2 > foo(1,2,3) + 49 > (1,2) x 2 > $x == $y > $x < 5 > $x > 1 && $x < 5 > but even this is an expression: > $x = $y + 2 > > Basicaly "expression" is something that creates a value that you can > assign to a variable, pass to a function or use as

Re: Syntax Culture

2002-07-27 Thread Jenda Krynicky
From: drieux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Friday, July 26, 2002, at 07:58 , Connie Chan wrote: > > And one more quick question. What are the meanings of > > "Expression" and "Block" , what are there difference ? > > an 'expression' is something that can be resolved, > > my $val =

Re: Syntax Culture

2002-07-26 Thread Connie Chan
> > For the 'bare bones' information read > > perldoc perlsyn > perldoc perlop > > For the more abstract questions > > perldoc perlstyle > Thanks alot ! They are shooting to what I am wondering about.. But it raise me another question... How can I perldoc at html format/

Re: Syntax Culture

2002-07-26 Thread Connie Chan
> > perldoc perl - will get you into the start of it... > > 3rd Edition of perl programming - is a lovely book that > goes into detail about most of the elements... the pocket > guide offers a short list of them Do you mean the Camel Book ? I have one, but Chinese, would you point me to the cha

Re: Syntax Culture

2002-07-26 Thread drieux
On Friday, July 26, 2002, at 07:58 , Connie Chan wrote: > Does there any reference to study those syntax (grammar) about Perl ? > just like -> {} [] // || ? . etc. They are quite vary types of usage > on > different situation, and just quite confuse about that perldoc perl - will get y