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Re: unless
by fglock (Vicar) on Jun 25, 2003 at 16:14 UTC
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do { commands; } unless $test;
If you don't need the array, you can read-and-print:
# open the file - read
# open the file - write
while( <FILE> ) {
# swap the update_info=blah line to update_info=auto
s/^update_info=(?:\w+)/update_info=auto/;
print TOFILE $_;
}
# close file
# close file
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I could also have done it this way, but I was interested in trying to use/learn about map. That's the main reason why I did it the way I did. Plus, map is just cool. ;-)
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print TOFILE
map {s/^update_info=(?:\w+)/update_info=auto/; $_ }
<FILE>;
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Re: unless
by adrianh (Chancellor) on Jun 25, 2003 at 16:17 UTC
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Is it possible to have multiple commands preceeding an unless test?
Use do:
do {print "Program Error!"; exit(0)} unless [case is true];
Although, personally, I would find the prefix variant of unless clearer if you're doing more than one thing.
While I'm at it, I have a short script that replaces a specific line in a file. Is there a better way to do this than what I'll pseudo code below?
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The do{ } is exactly what I needed, however I want to avoid using modules in this case. Tie::File looks handy for other uses, but not what I'm doing at the moment.
Anyone else have any other methods that don't require a module?
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Re: multiple commands before unless ?
by Not_a_Number (Prior) on Jun 25, 2003 at 21:23 UTC
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You have a precedence issue.
I recently happened upon an brilliant online tutorial on this subject, but I can't find the URL for the mo (the issue is nevertheless well addressed in chapter 2 of Simon Cozens' Beginning Perl available online at http://learn.perl.org/library/beginning_perl/3145_Chap02.pdf).
The precedence issue was indeed (very succinctly) pointed out in fglock's reply above.
Removing punctuation, and simplifying, your key line is:
print "Program Error!" && exit(0) unless $case;
Just change the && to and, and it'll work:
my $case = 1;
print 'Program Error' and exit(0) unless $case;
print 'No problemo!'
hth
dave
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Is this the tutorial you were looking for?
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Yep, thanks. I should have known. MJD rules OK.
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It's amazing how precedence can throw you off like that. This reminds me of an error I had back in college. You'd think I'd have remembered to take this into consideration in this case.
Thanks.
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Re: unless
by Bilbo (Pilgrim) on Jun 25, 2003 at 16:20 UTC
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print "Yes\n" && exit;
It probably doesn't do what you think it does. Now try this:
(print "Yes\n") && (exit);
The problem is, I think, that the first is interpreted as:
print ("Yes\n" && exit);
If the second operation (exit) is successful then this would print "1" for "true", except that since the second operation is exit it can't print anything because it's exited before it gets to the print statement. | [reply]
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H:\>perl -e "print 'yes' and exit; print 'no' "
yes
H:\>perl -e "print 'yes' && exit; print 'no' "
# nothing
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Re: unless
by Itatsumaki (Friar) on Jun 25, 2003 at 16:17 UTC
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do {
print "Program Error!";
exit(0);
}
unless ([case is true]);
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Re: multiple commands before unless ?
by VSarkiss (Monsignor) on Jun 25, 2003 at 19:21 UTC
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Nobody mentioned this, so I will: If you're willing to change the order, you can use unless like if:
unless ($something)
{
first_thing();
second_thing();
many_things();
}
Personally, I think it looks a little better, but it's up to you. I just mentioned it because not everyone is aware that you can use unless in this fashion. | [reply]
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I know of this fashion as well, but I wanted to use it in the other direction in this case. Thanks.
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Re: unless
by crouchingpenguin (Priest) on Jun 25, 2003 at 17:12 UTC
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#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;
use constant TRUE => 0;
printf("System Error\n"), exit unless TRUE;
print 'I should never be printed',"\n";
Update: Changed code so it follows question example code.
cp
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I don't see how this applies. I wasn't trying to print a variable, but rather print a string and then exit the script. Am I missing something.
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Re: multiple commands before unless ?
by emilford (Friar) on Jun 26, 2003 at 16:23 UTC
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By the way, not many have commented on the other question. Is the way I'm doing this a good approach as far as using the map function to swap out the line I am looking for in the file? I know this can be done in quite a few different ways, but I want to limit the operations used. Also, no modules! Thanks. | [reply] |
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perl -pi.bak -e 's/^update_info=(?:\w+)/update_info=auto/' your_file
(Switch quotes to " for Windows.) | [reply]
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I know modules are usually the way to go. I use modules for my own projects. I asked for a no-module solution because I'm not sure what modules are going to be installed on the systems that I work on. Things are very locked down, so I wouldn't be surprised if we were working on a less than standard build. If I had control over what modules were installed, than I'd be more than willing to use some of the mentioned modules.
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