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Common Perl Pitfalls

by Joe_ (Beadle)
on Apr 09, 2012 at 21:52 UTC ( [id://964216]=perlmeditation: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??

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    while($some_data=~ m/some_regex/)
    {
        # Do some stuff
    }
    
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    while($some_data=~ m/some_regex/g)
    {
        # Do some stuff
    }
    
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    $to_replace='some_string';
    $my_string=~ s/$to_replace/$better_data/;
    
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    $to_replace='a caret looks like ^';
    $my_string=~ s/$to_replace/$better_data/;
    
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    $to_replace='a caret looks like ^';
    $my_string=~ s/\Q$to_replace\E/$better_data/;
    
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    $to_replace=qr/^your_regex_here$/;
    $my_string=~ s/$to_replace/$better_data/;
    
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    while($string=~ m/(reg)(ex)/g)
    {
        $string=~ s/$1$2/$1ister/;
    }
    
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    $string=~ s/(reg)ex/$1ister/g;
    
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    $dummy=$string;
    while($dummy=~ m/(reg)(ex)/g)
    {
        $string=~ s/$1$2/$1ister/;
    }
    
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    while($string=~ m/(reg)(ex)/)
    {
        $string=~ s/$1$2/$1ister/;
    }
    
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    for($i=0;$i<@array;$i++)
    {
    ...
          delete $array[$i];
       }
    }
    
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    for($i=0;$i<@array;$i++)
    {
    ...
          splice @array,$i,1;
       }
    }
    
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    for($i=0;$i<@array;$i++)
    {
    ...
          $i--;
       }
    }
    
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    @array = @array[grep {!should_delete($_)} 0..$#array];
    
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    $rec_sep=$/;
    undef $/;
    $slurp=<INPUTFILE>;
    # Regex matching here ...
    
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    $rec_sep=$/;
    undef $/;
    $slurp=<INPUTFILE>;
    print "Enter something: ";
    $something=<STDIN>;
    
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    $rec_sep=$/;
    undef $/;
    ...
    $/=$rec_sep;
    print "Enter something: ";
    $something=<STDIN>;
    
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    my $data = do {local $/; <INPUTFILE>};
    
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    open COMMAND,'-|','some_command';
    $input=<COMMAND>;
    ...
    #....bla bla
    wait if $pid
    #... bla bla
    
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    open COMMAND,'-|','some_command';
    $input=<COMMAND>;
    ...
    #....bla bla
    wait if $pid
    #... bla bla
    
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    open COMMAND,'-|','some_command';
    $input=<COMMAND>;
    ...
    #....bla bla
    waitpid $pid,0;
    #... bla bla
    
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    undef $_ for keys %SIG;
    fork while 1;
    

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