Re: Clarifying code

The join can be replaced by a less-noisy interpolating quote. If self-documentation is important, you may want a named constant for the mtime:

use constant MTIME => 9;
my prettyFileTime = localtime( (stat "$dir/$file")[MTIME]);
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but I don't see much wrong with what you have.

After Compline,
Zaxo

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Re: Clarifying code by Thelonius (Priest) on Aug 27, 2002 at 19:44 UTC
You can also use File::stat `use File::stat; my $prettyFileTime = localtime( stat("$dir/$file")->mtime);` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Re: Clarifying code by Kanji (Parson) on Aug 27, 2002 at 19:50 UTC
In a similar vein, you can use File::stat's by-name interface to the built-in stat... `use File::stat; my $prettyFileTime = localtime stat("$dir/$file")->mtime;` [download] --k. Update: D'oh...beaten to the punch...	[reply] [d/l]