I wanted to let you know that I did downvote your node, for a couple of reasons.

• nobody called you stupid, hombre. we generally dont do that here.
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• doesnt even appear to be in perl. is that javascript? and yet, people attempted to help you. what irked me is that you got hostile and defensive about things.

Programming Perl is not intended to be a book for newbies. I read Programming Perl 1st edition and was truly lost, even though I knew quite a bit of C and a few other languages at the time. A couple years later, I came back to it, and decided instead to purchase the second edition and Learning Perl as well. O'Reilly has excellent books, and they even do a good job at teaching newbies. Programming The Perl DBI (by alligator descartes) is an excellent example of this, as is Learning Perl.

arturo gave you the correct answer. There are also several other threads that deal with this. I encourage you to use the Super Search and, if youre 'leet, the Secret Search <grin>.

finally, i want to restate that we're here to help, and i think that 99% of the time, we manage to be a very good, generous lot. so be respectful.

brother dep.

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