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Re^2: Spreadsheet::WriteExcel write failure

by adolpht (Novice)
on Jan 11, 2005 at 12:36 UTC ( [id://421258]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re: Spreadsheet::WriteExcel write failure
in thread Spreadsheet::WriteExcel write failure

Hi John and rdfield,
write returns 0 if successful so of course my code will fail,... if write is successful.
Dho!
$! being set to "No such file or directory" is an intersting red herring
Thanks for the feedback guys
Cheers
Tony

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Re^3: Spreadsheet::WriteExcel write failure
by gellyfish (Monsignor) on Jan 11, 2005 at 12:39 UTC

    The $! being set like that is often a result of the searching through @INC for a file to be used or required.

    /J\

      Oh ok... thanks for the info.
Re^3: Spreadsheet::WriteExcel write failure
by Errto (Vicar) on Jan 12, 2005 at 05:19 UTC
    A couple of things to note: most modules do not set the variable $! on failure. For example, DBI sets the variable $DBI::errstr for class method errors, and $dbh->errstr for errors concerning a specific database handle. Also, you really have to look at the docs for each module to determine whether a particular method returning undef or false means that the method failed. Generally this will only be true for methods whose return value is specified to have a certain meaning. Spreadsheet::WriteExcel's write method appears not to be one of them. Finally, you have to be careful because unlike $@, $! is not guaranteed to contain a blank string or other false value when no error has occurred, so its value is essentially unpredictable in those circumstances. See perlvar for details.

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