Re: how to do a reference to a func in Math::Trig

2012-06-24 Thread Charles Smith
Thank you. The useful note about CORE, in particular, is new to me. cts --- On Sun, 6/24/12, Rob Dixon wrote: > From: Rob Dixon > Subject: Re: how to do a reference to a func in Math::Trig > To: "Perl Beginners" > Cc: "Charles Smith" > Date: Sunday, June

Re: how to do a reference to a func in Math::Trig

2012-06-24 Thread Rob Dixon
On 24/06/2012 19:51, Rob Dixon wrote: or by aliasing the current package's 'sin' and 'cos' subroutines with the CORE functions: use strict; use warnings; use Math::Trig; BEGIN { no warnings 'once'; *sin = \&CORE::sin; *cos = \&CORE::cos; } f

Re: how to do a reference to a func in Math::Trig

2012-06-24 Thread Rob Dixon
On 24/06/2012 06:59, Charles Smith wrote: Thank you, that was the clue I needed! This now works for me: ... $f = $opts{f} || "sin"; ... $f = "Math::Complex::$f"; ... print eval ($amplitude) * (&$f (2 * pi * $i/$n) + eval ($dc))."\n"; and so I can use this, my "siggen" pgm wit

Re: how to do a reference to a func in Math::Trig

2012-06-23 Thread Charles Smith
thank you. cts --- On Sat, 6/23/12, Ron Bergin wrote: > From: Ron Bergin > Subject: Re: how to do a reference to a func in Math::Trig > To: "Charles Smith" > Cc: beginners@perl.org > Date: Saturday, June 23, 2012, 3:28 PM > Charles Smith wrote: > > [snip]

Re: how to do a reference to a func in Math::Trig

2012-06-23 Thread Ron Bergin
Charles Smith wrote: [snip] > > But this pgm fails: > > #!/usr/bin/env perl > use Math::Trig; > my $a = \&Math::Trig::cos; > &$a(0); > > Undefined subroutine &Math::Trig::cos called at modfunctor line 7. > The cos sub is defined in Math::Complex, which Math::Trig loads. Try this: use strict; us

Re: how to do a reference to a func in Math::Trig

2012-06-23 Thread Charles Smith
Hello Shawn, thank you for answering. I'm sorry, I was a bit sloppy with my example and so maybe unclear about my question ... It's not about the precise syntax of getting a reference to a subroutine, but rather a subroutine in a module. For example, this pgm is clear: #!/usr/bin/env perl sub

Re: how to do a reference to a func in Math::Trig

2012-06-23 Thread Shawn H Corey
On 12-06-23 10:12 AM, Charles Smith wrote: I'm experimenting with Math::Trig and would like to be able to pass the function in as a parameter: $f = $opts{f} || &sin; $f = $opts{f} || \&sin; See `perldoc perlreftut` and `perldoc perlref`. -- Just my 0.0002 million dollars worth,

how to do a reference to a func in Math::Trig

2012-06-23 Thread Charles Smith
Hi, I'm experimenting with Math::Trig and would like to be able to pass the function in as a parameter: $f = $opts{f} || &sin; ... &$f($w); Undefined subroutine &main::sin called at (eval 9)[/usr/lib/perl5/5.14.2/perl5db.pl:640] line 2. I have also tried: $f = &Math::Trig::sin;