Perl

FYI - How to add CPAN as a search plugin for Firefox
FWIW, Firefox comes with a several search plugins (Google, Yahoo, etc). These plugins are just XML files, and you can write your own. I wrote one to make it just a little bit easier to search CPAN - I figured I'd put it out here for anyone that's interested. Name the file CPAN.xml and put it in your Firefox... 14 Apr 2008 06:17

Create two-dimensional Array from string
I'm looking for the most efficient way to create a two dimensional array from strings such as MULTISET{ROW(1 ,' 3667 ','WARREN ','OH'),ROW(2 ,' 2948 ','SHAKER HTS','OH')} In this case MULTISET is a collection of rows from a DB. What I want todo is efficiently transform into a 2-dimensional arr... 10 Apr 2008 08:53

How to monitor keyboard inactivity from script
I have a user interface script that makes changes in a db or makes db queries. I don't want the user to just leave the script running all the time. what is the best way to monitor if the script has had no actiivty for 20 minutes? Thanks Mike ... 8 Apr 2008 20:30

Download A File
I have a script in /cgi-bin/. I want it when called to download a dynamic file, actually an image to a file on the server. Basically pull a graph from whats actually a router of mine, save it to /temp_images. I have tried using: "system "/usr/bin/wget..." with no luck. Can someone give me a shove in the rig... 2 Apr 2008 12:51

mismatch between Perl 5.6 and Perl 5.8 in printing high precision values.
RedGrittyBrick wrote: vivekanand.naik(a)gmail.com wrote: printf("%.32g\n",0.99999999976716936); Perl 5.6.1 output: 0.99999999976716936 --> GOOD Perl 5.8.6 output: 0.99999999976716925 --> ERROR Any reason for such mismatch ? Please let me know how to avoid that or any alter... 2 Apr 2008 11:44

mismatch between Perl 5.6 and Perl 5.8 in printing high precision values.
sisyphus wrote: On Apr 2, 9:21 pm, vivekanand.n...(a)gmail.com wrote: printf("%.32g\n",0.99999999976716936); Perl 5.6.1 output: 0.99999999976716936 --> GOOD Perl 5.8.6 output: 0.99999999976716925 --> ERROR I believe it's a bug in perl 5.8 (which has been carried through to perl 5.10): C:... 2 Apr 2008 10:37

mismatch between Perl 5.6 and Perl 5.8 in printing high precision values.
On Apr 2, 9:21 pm, vivekanand.n...(a)gmail.com wrote: printf("%.32g\n",0.99999999976716936); Perl 5.6.1 output: 0.99999999976716936  --> GOOD Perl 5.8.6 output: 0.99999999976716925  --> ERROR Any reason for such mismatch ? I believe it's a bug in perl 5.8 (which has been carried through to ... 7 Apr 2008 09:21

FAQ 8.25 How can I capture STDERR from an external command?
This is an excerpt from the latest version perlfaq8.pod, which comes with the standard Perl distribution. These postings aim to reduce the number of repeated questions as well as allow the community to review and update the answers. The latest version of the complete perlfaq is at http://faq.perl.org . --------... 2 Apr 2008 08:58

IT manager 蛇頭鼠眼edmund yau
IT manager $B<XF,AM4c(Bedmund yau http://www.geocities.com/it_super_manager/ funmobile www.funzy.com <-- fuxking company ... 2 Apr 2008 07:51

mismatch between Perl 5.6 and Perl 5.8 in printing high precision values.
vivekanand.naik(a)gmail.com wrote: printf("%.32g\n",0.99999999976716936); Perl 5.6.1 output: 0.99999999976716936 --> GOOD Perl 5.8.6 output: 0.99999999976716925 --> ERROR Any reason for such mismatch ? Please let me know how to avoid that or any alternative approach if any. This is in... 2 Apr 2008 07:51