in reply to export variable outside foreach

sure it does ... if $last is empty then @fields was empty or @lines is empty

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Re^2: export variable outside foreach
by Eily (Monsignor) on Jun 19, 2014 at 08:43 UTC

    @lines being empty seems unlikely, since it was grepped out of the file. @fields may not contain four fields though (Edit: whoops, @lines, can be empty, is just can't contain empty strings unless $string1 is empty)

    mitchreward, have a look at Data::Dumper. If you use Data::Dumper; and then add print Dumper \@fields; to your loop you may have more information on what is happening.

    Edit: the code you provided does compile, so you have removed the error by changing it.

      @lines being empty seems unlikely, since it was grepped out of the file.

      I don't understand this point. Why would grep-ing the contents of the file make it likely that the  @lines array must contain something? (Or does this refer to a previous version of the posted code that was changed without citation?)

        My bad, I read "@lines is empty" correctly, but understood "@lines contains empty strings" :).

Re^2: export variable outside foreach
by mitchreward (Acolyte) on Jun 19, 2014 at 08:34 UTC

    perl -w test.pl

    Global symbol "$scre" requires explicit package name at test.pl line 12.

    Execution of test.pl aborted due to compilation errors.
      Is that a question? :D Fix your typo, copy the varible name, ctrl+f, paste variable name, enter, find the typo, fix it

      mitchreward:

      He meant that $srce is not the same as $scre.

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