Re: checking input syntax

2002-11-05 Thread Felix Geerinckx
on Tue, 05 Nov 2002 01:10:51 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jose Malacara) wrote: I would like to be able to force them use the server[number].[location] syntax and generate a warning if they don't. Would it be possible to add a second argument test after the first? Something like: ( $#ARGV eq

Re: checking input syntax

2002-11-05 Thread Jean Padilla
Hi, try this : #!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; sub Usage() { die Usage: $0 server[number].[location]\n; } $_ = shift; Usage unless ((defined $_) (/^server(\d+)\.(\w+)$/)); print param is $_\n; --- take a look at perlre. A+ Jose Malacara a écrit : I would like to be able to verify the

checking input syntax

2002-11-04 Thread Jose Malacara
I would like to be able to verify the presence and syntax of an argument coming into my script prior to actually doing anything with it. My script is execpting to see something like this ../myscript server10.boston or ../myscript server30.california I am able to check for the presense of an