Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 21:11:01 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: Darryl Hoar <darryl@osborne-ind.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: OT - Perl Question Message-ID: <20031111211101.GA4434@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <008001c3a896$5cda7f90$0701a8c0@darryl> References: <008001c3a896$5cda7f90$0701a8c0@darryl>
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--zhXaljGHf11kAtnf Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 02:57:04PM -0600, Darryl Hoar wrote: > I am trying to learn perl. I am going through a tutorial and have come > across a syntax error I can't figure out. >=20 > Here's the code: >=20 > print "Please tell me your name: "; > chop ($name=3D<STDIN>); >=20 > print "Please tell me your nationality: "; > chop ($nation=3D<STDIN>); >=20 > if ( $nation eq "British" or $nation eq "New Zealand" ) > { > print "Hallo $name, pleased to meet you!\n"; >=20 > } >=20 > when I try to run it, it generates a compile errors on the > if line. >=20 > I know its the conditional test, but don't know how to fix > it to be syntactically correct in perl. >=20 > Any help? Works fine if you ask me: happy-idiot-talk:/tmp:% cat > foo.pl #!/usr/bin/perl -w =20 print "Please tell me your name: "; chop ($name=3D<STDIN>); =20 print "Please tell me your nationality: "; chop ($nation=3D<STDIN>); =20 if ( $nation eq "British" or $nation eq "New Zealand" ) { print "Hallo $name, pleased to meet you!\n"; =20 } =20 happy-idiot-talk:/tmp:% perl -cw foo.pl=20 foo.pl syntax OK happy-idiot-talk:/tmp:% chmod +x foo.pl=20 happy-idiot-talk:/tmp:% ./foo.pl=20 Please tell me your name: Matthew Please tell me your nationality: British Hallo Matthew, pleased to meet you! =20 There was probably a typo in your original script which you've managed to inadvertently fix when you copied your code into the e-mail. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK --zhXaljGHf11kAtnf Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/sVBldtESqEQa7a0RAruOAKCDfDPh7kF8QP3cYg8V1yl8k0Py5QCfVEag kS5Vj+PfHpG6zDszcN/dMrE= =GGvz -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --zhXaljGHf11kAtnf--
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