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Re: open to a scalar variable

by kwaping (Priest)
on Jun 04, 2007 at 21:55 UTC ( [id://619242]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to open to a scalar variable

I'm not very familiar with this technique, but try this instead: 
open(MESSAGE, "+>>", \$message) or die "no message $!";

open(WHOM, ">>&=", MESSAGE) or die "no whom $!";

open (WHAT, ">>&=", MESSAGE) or die "no what $!";

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If $message is already a reference, try dropping the backslash too.

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Re^2: open to a scalar variable
by girarde (Hermit) on Jun 05, 2007 at 14:04 UTC
    $message is declared but not defined until the reference assignment is made.

    Anyway, unquoting $message and putting the &= into the mode argument worked. Thank you.

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