Re: While is not working when using variable

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Re^2: While is not working when using variable by parthodas (Acolyte) on Aug 31, 2015 at 08:47 UTC
On using autodie, it is showing the error message that no such file or directory. But when harcoding the same path, the script is running. Can't open('FILE', '$filename'): No such file or directory at sblmaint.pl	[reply]
Re^3: While is not working when using variable by Eily (Monsignor) on Aug 31, 2015 at 08:57 UTC
Try this: `print '$filename', "\n"; print "$filename", "\n";` [download] And for more information, you can read this tutorial on quotes in perl.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: While is not working when using variable by parthodas (Acolyte) on Aug 31, 2015 at 09:08 UTC
This helped a lot. Using double quote and double slash resolved the issue. Thanks a lot.	[reply]
Re^3: While is not working when using variable by soonix (Chancellor) on Aug 31, 2015 at 14:46 UTC
In addition to Eilys hint, try `print $filename, "\n";` [download] Note that, if you have your complete filename in a variable, like in your OP (and as you should, as it eases debugging and error messages), quoting it in the open statement is superfluous. Besides, most Windows functions and many programs accept forward slashes, so you can write `my $filename="$mydir/file_detail.txt"; open (FILE, "<", $filename);` [download] Update: corrected quotes - d'oh! Thanks AnomalousMonk!	[reply] [d/l] [select]