Re^3: On bad habits

No thanks. :) If i am going to use a newline frequently, i add the -l (dash elle) run switch:

#!/usr/bin/perl -l
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And then i don't need to worry about adding newlines. Uh oh ... what if i don't want to always print out a newline? Simple, just use printf.

Work smart ... not hard. ;)

jeffa

L-LL-L--L-LL-L--L-LL-L--
-R--R-RR-R--R-RR-R--R-RR
B--B--B--B--B--B--B--B--
H---H---H---H---H---H---
(the triplet paradiddle with high-hat)

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Re^4: On bad habits by grinder (Bishop) on Jun 21, 2005 at 22:25 UTC
what if i don't want to always print out a newline? Simple, just use printf. For years, I have been sitting here, railing and fuming silently against the supposed "brokenness" of `printf`'s disrespect for `-l`. It's something I'd always put aside as a non-orthogonal oddity of the language. My anger blinded me to the possibility of using my opponent's strength to my own advantage -- a classic judo move. Thank-you for letting me see the error of my ways. jeffa++ • another intruder with the mooring in the heart of the Perl	[reply]
Re^4: On bad habits by bart (Canon) on Jun 22, 2005 at 11:50 UTC
If i am going to use a newline frequently, i add the `-l` (dash elle) run switch And if I want the effect locally, I set `$\` (and optionally, `$,`) in a block, for example to print out a tab delimited text file: `{ local($\, $,) = ("\n", "\t"); print @fields; }` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: On bad habits by Xenograg (Scribe) on Jun 24, 2005 at 21:48 UTC
I am obviously in the explicit-declaration faction. ++jeffa thanks for another WTDI. :) --- The harder I work, the luckier I get.	[reply]