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Re^3: Glob strange behavior

by Anonymous Monk
on Aug 22, 2006 at 13:30 UTC ( [id://568838]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re^2: Glob strange behavior
in thread Glob strange behavior

Hi fellows, i would like to point out the different behavior of glob utilized in scalar context when the key is a variable or a literal.
WRONG my @sign_arr=('A1' .. 'A9'); for my $sign (@sign_arr) { my $filename = <*$sign*.pkl>; print "$filename\n" if defined($filename); } # OUTPUT: # file_A1_.pkl # file_A3_.pkl # file_A5_.pkl # file_A7_.pkl # file_A9_.pkl # RIGHT my $filename; $filename = <*A1*.pkl>; print "$filename\n" if defined($filename); $filename = <*A2*.pkl>; print "$filename\n" if defined($filename); $filename = <*A3*.pkl>; print "$filename\n" if defined($filename); $filename = <*A4*.pkl>; print "$filename\n" if defined($filename); $filename = <*A5*.pkl>; print "$filename\n" if defined($filename); $filename = <*A6*.pkl>; print "$filename\n" if defined($filename); $filename = <*A7*.pkl>; print "$filename\n" if defined($filename); $filename = <*A8*.pkl>; print "$filename\n" if defined($filename); $filename = <*A9*.pkl>; print "$filename\n" if defined($filename); # OUTPUT: # file_A1_.pkl # file_A2_.pkl # file_A3_.pkl # file_A4_.pkl # file_A5_.pkl # file_A6_.pkl # file_A7_.pkl # file_A8_.pkl # file_A9_.pkl
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