Perl

somewhat unusual way to define a sub
I found in a program a piece of code which basically looked like this: my $n="myname"; *$n=sub { .... }; The whole think was of course guided by no strict 'refs'. My question: Is this just a unusual way to write sub myname { ... } or did I miss something here? Ronald ... 10 Apr 2008 05:21

Using module whith name stored in variable
Hello all! Can anybody tell how can I use modele which name stored in variable? For example, I have this code: ######################################## package MyModule; use strict; use Exporter; use vars qw(@ISA @EXPORT $DEBUG); @ISA = qw/Exporter/; @EXPORT = qw(foo); sub foo($) { my $arg = shift... 7 Apr 2008 06:29

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funzy.com http://geocities.com/it_super_manager/ ... 7 Apr 2008 03:29

FAQ 8.35 How do I close a process's filehandle without waiting for it to complete?
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 . --------... 7 Apr 2008 03:29

FAQ 8.26 Why doesn't open() return an error when a pipe open fails?
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 . --------... 6 Apr 2008 20:59

FAQ 8.33 Is there a way to hide perl's command line from programs such as "ps"?
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 . --------... 6 Apr 2008 15:16

Graph, Math and Stats Online Software
have designed and developed Graphing tools and Math/Stats online software that is available on internet. Most of my visitor are from US academia. The list of programs include the following 1. Graphing Rectangular 2D 2. Graphing Rectangular 3D 3. Graphing Polar 4. Graphing 2D Parametric curves 5. Graphing 3D P... 6 Apr 2008 16:04

can the script find itself?
I'm running build 813 on 'doze XP/Home. I want my Perl script to determine the directory from which it was run. This is equivalent to retrieving the command line. For example, from a DOS window I type: \perl\bin\perl c:\mydir\myscript.pl I want the script to be able to retrieve the string "c:\mydir". There is a... 7 Apr 2008 22:35

Why `for local $var (LIST) ...' not allowed?
Great thanks, Michele Dondi. You make many things clear enough here. Hopes i'm not distract now due to ... :( -Todd ... 6 Apr 2008 09:32

FAQ 8.27 What's wrong with using backticks in a void context?
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 . --------... 6 Apr 2008 09:32