Re^2: retrieve data from array empty

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Re^3: retrieve data from array empty by karlgoethebier (Abbot) on May 24, 2015 at 11:31 UTC
...it is working fine. Very nice. But believe afoken and me, what you posted doesn't compile: `karls-mac-mini:monks karl$ perl -c pverstraten.pl Missing right curly or square bracket at pverstraten.pl line 28, at en +d of line syntax error at pverstraten.pl line 28, at EOF pverstraten.pl had compilation errors.` [download] Hence it is not possible to indent it properly using Perltidy: `karls-mac-mini:monks karl$ cat perltidy.ERR 28: final indentation level: 1 Final nesting depth of '{'s is 1 The most recent un-matched '{' is on line 12 12: { ^ 28: To save a full .LOG file rerun with -g` [download] I guess: what you posted isn't the code that works fine. Regards, Karl ŤThe Crux of the Biscuit is the Apostropheť	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: retrieve data from array empty by afoken (Chancellor) on May 24, 2015 at 13:28 UTC
Let me explain the "may have $lastmonth set to nonsense values" issue: `my $lastmonth=$mon-1;` I assume that $mon represents a month. It must be numeric (unless overloaded). That usually means either 1..12 for January to December (as on any calendar) or 0..11 (as returned by localtime and gmtime). What happens when `$mon` represents January and you subtract 1? In the first case, you get 0, which is nonsense. In the second case, you get -1, which is exactly the same nonsense. Alexander -- Today I will gladly share my knowledge and experience, for there are no sweeter words than "I told you so". ;-)	[reply] [d/l] [select]