New to Perl and stuck...Help

[b][red]This message was edited by mikeruth at 2003-12-18 13:12:55[/red][/b][hr]
[b][red]This message was edited by mikeruth at 2003-12-18 13:12:10[/red][/b][hr]
I am on my second day of Perl programming and I am stuck. The program
below will read a one line, 1 to 2 M file, test it, and, print some counts to another file. I cannot get past the open...infile.

Help! I need to get this done soon (and with "use strict").

Where did all of my spaces go???

========================= The Code ===========================

#!/opt/utils/5bin/perl5.001 -w

# We have two versions. Make sure to use the lastest.

require 5.001;
use strict;

if ( @ARGV < 2 )
{
die "
Usage: $0

Stopped";
}

my $infile = shift @ARGV;
my $outfile = shift @ARGV;

open( my $infile_handle, "< $infile" ) or
die "
Can't open input file "$infile".
",
"Error: $!.
",
"Stopped";

open( my $outfile_handle, "> $outfile" ) or
die "
Can't open output file "$outfile".
",
"Error: $!.
",
"Stopped";

my $text = join( '', <$infile_handle> );
my $test_len = length( $test );
print "
" , $test_len, "
";

close $infile_handle;

chomp $text;

#
# process the line and print results...
#

close $outfile_handle;

exit ( 0 );





Comments

  • : I am on my second day of Perl programming and I am stuck. The ]
    : program below will read a one line, 1 to 2 M file, test it, and,
    : print some counts to another file. I cannot get past the
    : open...infile.
    :
    : Help! I need to get this done soon (and with "use strict").
    :
    : Where did all of my spaces go???
    :
    : ========================= The Code ===========================
    :
    : #!/opt/utils/5bin/perl5.001 -w
    :
    : # We have two versions. Make sure to use the lastest.
    :
    : require 5.001;
    : use strict;
    :
    : if ( @ARGV < 2 )
    : {
    : die "
    Usage: $0

    Stopped";
    : }
    :
    : my $infile = shift @ARGV;
    : my $outfile = shift @ARGV;
    :
    : open( my $infile_handle, "< $infile" ) or
    : die "
    Can't open input file "$infile".
    ",
    : "Error: $!.
    ",
    : "Stopped";
    Don't see an immediate problem here, but you are using an older version of Perl. This means it may like you to declare $infile_handle before the open statement, e.g.:-

    my $infile_handle;
    open $infile_handle, "< $infile" or ...blah...;

    : open( my $outfile_handle, "> $outfile" ) or
    : die "
    Can't open output file "$outfile".
    ",
    : "Error: $!.
    ",
    : "Stopped";
    And maybe the same there.

    : my $text = join( '', <$infile_handle> );
    : my $test_len = length( $test );
    Should that not be:-
    my $test_len = length( $te[red]x[/red]t );

    : print "
    " , $test_len, "
    ";
    :
    : close $infile_handle;
    :
    : chomp $text;
    :
    : #
    : # process the line and print results...
    : #
    :
    : close $outfile_handle;
    :
    : exit ( 0 );

    Looks OK besides that. FYI, it's good to enclose code in code and /code tags - tags are put in square brackets. Then the spacing is retained. :-)

    Hope this helps, if not please post the output of perl -c thescript.pl, where thescript.pl is your script. That or run it and post the warnings that you're given.

    Jonathan

    ###
    for(74,117,115,116){$::a.=chr};(($_.='qwertyui')&&
    (tr/yuiqwert/her anot/))for($::b);for($::c){$_.=$^X;
    /(p.{2}l)/;$_=$1}$::b=~/(..)$/;print("$::a$::b $::c hack$1.");

  • [b][red]This message was edited by mikeruth at 2003-12-18 14:28:27[/red][/b][hr]
    [b][red]This message was edited by mikeruth at 2003-12-18 14:25:13[/red][/b][hr]
    I made the changes that you suggested (thanks for catching the "test"
    error). The new code is:

    my $infile_handle;
    open( $infile_handle, "< $infile" ) or ...

    When run I get:

    Can't use an undefined value as a symbol reference at edijd110.pl line 24. <--- the open above

    With -c I get:

    edijd110.pl syntax OK


    : : open( my $infile_handle, "< $infile" ) or
    : : die "
    Can't open input file "$infile".
    ",
    : : "Error: $!.
    ",
    : : "Stopped";
    : Don't see an immediate problem here, but you are using an older version of Perl. This means it may like you to declare $infile_handle before the open statement, e.g.:-
    :
    : my $infile_handle;
    : open $infile_handle, "< $infile" or ...blah...;
    :
    : : open( my $outfile_handle, "> $outfile" ) or
    : : die "
    Can't open output file "$outfile".
    ",
    : : "Error: $!.
    ",
    : : "Stopped";
    : And maybe the same there.
    :
    : Looks OK besides that. FYI, it's good to enclose code in code and /code tags - tags are put in square brackets. Then the spacing is retained. :-)
    :
    : Hope this helps, if not please post the output of perl -c thescript.pl, where thescript.pl is your script. That or run it and post the warnings that you're given.
    :
    : Jonathan
    :
    : ###
    : for(74,117,115,116){$::a.=chr};(($_.='qwertyui')&&
    : (tr/yuiqwert/her anot/))for($::b);for($::c){$_.=$^X;
    : /(p.{2}l)/;$_=$1}$::b=~/(..)$/;print("$::a$::b $::c hack$1.");
    :
    :





  • I found a solution but I do not know why it works.

    I deleted the line "my $infile_handle;".
    I changed all occurences of "$infile_handle" to "INFILE_HANDLE".

    Why does this work?



    : [b][red]This message was edited by mikeruth at 2003-12-18 14:28:27[/red][/b][hr]
    : [b][red]This message was edited by mikeruth at 2003-12-18 14:25:13[/red][/b][hr]
    : I made the changes that you suggested (thanks for catching the "test"
    : error). The new code is:
    :
    : my $infile_handle;
    : open( $infile_handle, "< $infile" ) or ...
    :
    : When run I get:
    :
    : Can't use an undefined value as a symbol reference at edijd110.pl line 24. <--- the open above
    :
    : With -c I get:
    :
    : edijd110.pl syntax OK
    :
    :
    : : : open( my $infile_handle, "< $infile" ) or
    : : : die "
    Can't open input file "$infile".
    ",
    : : : "Error: $!.
    ",
    : : : "Stopped";
    : : Don't see an immediate problem here, but you are using an older version of Perl. This means it may like you to declare $infile_handle before the open statement, e.g.:-
    : :
    : : my $infile_handle;
    : : open $infile_handle, "< $infile" or ...blah...;
    : :
    : : : open( my $outfile_handle, "> $outfile" ) or
    : : : die "
    Can't open output file "$outfile".
    ",
    : : : "Error: $!.
    ",
    : : : "Stopped";
    : : And maybe the same there.
    : :
    : : Looks OK besides that. FYI, it's good to enclose code in code and /code tags - tags are put in square brackets. Then the spacing is retained. :-)
    : :
    : : Hope this helps, if not please post the output of perl -c thescript.pl, where thescript.pl is your script. That or run it and post the warnings that you're given.
    : :
    : : Jonathan
    : :
    : : ###
    : : for(74,117,115,116){$::a.=chr};(($_.='qwertyui')&&
    : : (tr/yuiqwert/her anot/))for($::b);for($::c){$_.=$^X;
    : : /(p.{2}l)/;$_=$1}$::b=~/(..)$/;print("$::a$::b $::c hack$1.");
    : :
    : :
    :
    :
    :
    :
    :
    :

  • : I found a solution but I do not know why it works.
    :
    : I deleted the line "my $infile_handle;".
    : I changed all occurences of "$infile_handle" to "INFILE_HANDLE".
    That was going to be my suggestion, but I went to grab some whisky before replying and you beat me to it. :-)

    : Why does this work?
    In older versions of Perl 5 it was not possible to store a file handle in a scalar. 5.005 qualifies as "older". :-)

    Jonathan


    ###
    for(74,117,115,116){$::a.=chr};(($_.='qwertyui')&&
    (tr/yuiqwert/her anot/))for($::b);for($::c){$_.=$^X;
    /(p.{2}l)/;$_=$1}$::b=~/(..)$/;print("$::a$::b $::c hack$1.");

  • Thank you for your help and time.


    : : I found a solution but I do not know why it works.
    : :
    : : I deleted the line "my $infile_handle;".
    : : I changed all occurences of "$infile_handle" to "INFILE_HANDLE".
    : That was going to be my suggestion, but I went to grab some whisky before replying and you beat me to it. :-)
    :
    : : Why does this work?
    : In older versions of Perl 5 it was not possible to store a file handle in a scalar. 5.005 qualifies as "older". :-)
    :
    : Jonathan
    :
    :
    : ###
    : for(74,117,115,116){$::a.=chr};(($_.='qwertyui')&&
    : (tr/yuiqwert/her anot/))for($::b);for($::c){$_.=$^X;
    : /(p.{2}l)/;$_=$1}$::b=~/(..)$/;print("$::a$::b $::c hack$1.");
    :
    :

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