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Re^2: Problems With Tab Delimited Files

by tom10animal (Monk)
on Mar 26, 2008 at 19:00 UTC ( [id://676505]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


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Re^3: Problems With Tab Delimited Files
by chromatic (Archbishop) on Mar 26, 2008 at 21:52 UTC

    Are you sure you want to lecture someone who's just helped you solve a persnickety problem?

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Re^3: Problems With Tab Delimited Files
by runrig (Abbot) on Mar 26, 2008 at 22:31 UTC
Re^3: Problems With Tab Delimited Files
by ikegami (Patriarch) on Mar 27, 2008 at 11:57 UTC

    I did not intend to be rude. I was just offering tips in response to "I hope this post is up to par". My apologies.

    I'm not sure how I could have narrowed down the problem

    Debugging is usually done by following the path the program takes and studying any deviations from the expected, and/or by examining the values of variables as the program progresses and studying any deviations from the expected. Data::Dumper should help you examine complex structures.

    For example, you might have found that the array contained the wrong information after the while loop, so anything that gets executed afterwards is not relevant to the issue.

    Proper programming techniques such as limiting the scope of your variables (you are currently only using global variables) and avoiding the use variables as variable names (such as ${pycvalues."$scalarcounter"}[2] instead of $pycvalues[$scalarcounter][2]) would greatly help you.

      I appologize as well. I'm truly sorry that I let my emotions get the best of me, and that I overreacted. I realize now that I was in the wrong. I am truly grateful for the insight. No hard fealings I hope?

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