The first thing i tell an initiate in response to his/her first SoPW is
- to use strict;
- to use warnings;
- to use diagnostics;
- to ask for the data/arguments he/she used
- to use the </code> tags
- to even post some code
- to at least describe the problem
- to use the three-argument version of open
- to at least check the return of open
- that is forum is only for Perl related problems
- that we don't do other peoples homework
- that we don't help him/her to write SPAM scripts
- that he/she is a spammer.
- ...? What no! I don't reply to initiates!!1!
- that i don't know this Perl guy either. Where am i?
Don't use '#ff0000':
use Acme::AutoColor; my $redcolor = RED();
All colors subject to change without notice.
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Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags. Currently these include the following:
<code> <a> <b> <big>
<blockquote> <br /> <dd>
<dl> <dt> <em> <font>
<h1> <h2> <h3> <h4>
<h5> <h6> <hr /> <i>
<li> <nbsp> <ol> <p>
<small> <strike> <strong>
<sub> <sup> <table>
<td> <th> <tr> <tt>
<u> <ul>
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Snippets of code should be wrapped in
<code> tags not
<pre> tags. In fact, <pre>
tags should generally be avoided. If they must
be used, extreme care should be
taken to ensure that their contents do not
have long lines (<70 chars), in order to prevent
horizontal scrolling (and possible janitor
intervention).
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Want more info? How to link
or How to display code and escape characters
are good places to start.
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