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Re^4: The simplest possible pattern match defeats me

by logan (Curate)
on May 23, 2013 at 17:47 UTC ( [id://1034997]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re^3: The simplest possible pattern match defeats me
in thread The simplest possible pattern match defeats me

1) Yes, the fact that the error is for a failed pattern match and not a failed 'eq' is doubly confusing. That's one reason I posted to Perlmonks. Check my profile, Rolf. I've been coding perl for 15 years. That's not a "Don't question me, I know what I'm doing" statement. It's an "I've been doing this for 1/3 of my life. Why is this simple thing suddenly so hard?" statement.

2) I'm sure I'm debugging the right file because when I add or remove lines from the file the line numbers in the output change. Moreover, if I change the text around the offending code those changes are reflected in the output.

3) I'm using perl v5.8.8 built for x86_64-linux-thread-multi.

I added a couple of extra checks and the results do point me in a direction. When I assign a string value to $oldString and test it with an eq (lines 80 - 89), no problem. If I assign the value with a call to $oldString = $allChanges->[$k]->getOldString(); the problem manifests. That's even more curious, because the call to print Dumper($oldString); at line 95 prints a simple string.

80 local $oldString = "OLDSTRING"; 81 local $newString = "NEWSTRING"; 82 $logger->debug("oldString = (", $oldString, ")"); 83 $logger->debug("newString = (", $newString, ")"); 84 if ($oldString eq "OLDSTRING") { 85 $logger->info("$oldString = $oldString"); 86 } 87 else { 88 $logger->info("No. $oldString != oldString"); 89 } 90 91 $oldString = $allChanges->[$k]->getOldString(); 92 $newString = $allChanges->[$k]->getNewString(); 93 $logger->debug("oldString = (", $oldString, ")"); 94 $logger->debug("newString = (", $newString, ")"); 95 print Dumper($oldString); 96 sleep 1; 97 98 if ($oldString eq "Automated") { 99 $logger->debug("old string = ", $oldString); 100 $logger->debug("new string = ", $newString);
Results
INFO main:::79: Change 3 was to the Automated field of testCase HIREX- +16863 on createdDate 2013-05-13 12:19:42 Old String = (To Be Automate +d) New String = Ready For Integration DEBUG main:::82: oldString = (OLDSTRING) DEBUG main:::83: newString = (NEWSTRING) INFO main:::84: OLDSTRING = OLDSTRING DEBUG main:::93: oldString = (To Be Automated) DEBUG main:::94: newString = (Ready For Integration) $VAR1 = 'To Be Automated'; Use of uninitialized value in pattern match (m//) at weeklyAutomationC +hanges.pl line 98. Use of uninitialized value in pattern match (m//) at weeklyAutomationC +hanges.pl line 98.

-Logan
"What do I want? I'm an American. I want more."

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Re^5: The simplest possible pattern match defeats me
by Anonymous Monk on May 23, 2013 at 18:04 UTC
Re^5: The simplest possible pattern match defeats me
by LanX (Saint) on May 24, 2013 at 03:20 UTC
    Hi logan

    > Yes, the fact that the error is for a failed pattern match and not a failed eq is doubly confusing

    I don't think that 5.8.8 had different error msgs. (you could check)

    Anyway is it possible that someone overloaded eq with a routine doing a regex-match?

    Is the value in question maybe an object? What does ref return?

    Cheers Rolf

    ( addicted to the Perl Programming Language)

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