Referencing string: Can't use string as a SCALAR ref

P0w3rK!d has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hello,

Given the error:

Can't use string ("123.xml") as a SCALAR ref while "strict refs"
 in use at C:\Work\foo.PL line 357.
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from this code:

   # Note: strFileA = C:\foo\a\b\c\123.xml

    my @aryFile = split (/\//, $strFileA);
    my $intSize = @aryFile;
    $strFileB= \$aryFile[$intSize-1];
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$strFileB prints out as 123.xml:

05/12 13:55:10  [DBUG] performing FTP of C:/Work/ftp/123.xml...
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but when I call this:

    $ftp->put($strFileA, $strFileB)
            or die "FTP: Couldn't put $strFileB.";
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The file on the ftp site says: (0x1df8cb0) ..see below:

(000025) 5/12/2003 2:04:21 PM - perlmonk (123.45.67.186) > STOR SCALAR
+(0x1df8cb0)
(000025) 5/12/2003 2:04:21 PM - perlmonk (123.45.67.186) > asked to up
+load 'SCALAR(0x1df8cb0)' in 'C:\Temp\' --> Access allowed.
(000025) 5/12/2003 2:04:21 PM - perlmonk (123.45.67.186) > 150 Opening
+ data connection for SCALAR(0x1df8cb0).
(000025) 5/12/2003 2:04:21 PM - perlmonk (123.45.67.186) > started upl
+oading 'SCALAR(0x1df8cb0)' in 'C:\Temp\'.
(000025) 5/12/2003 2:04:21 PM - perlmonk (123.45.67.186) > 226 File re
+ceived ok.
(000025) 5/12/2003 2:04:21 PM - perlmonk (123.45.67.186) > finished up
+loading 'SCALAR(0x1df8cb0)' in 'C:\Temp\' -  (00:00:01 - 8.345 KB - 8
+.345 KBytes/s).
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I tried the hard reference with

\$aryFile[$intSize-1];
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but that did not do it.

1. Is there a better way to trim down to the filename?
2. What did I do wrong to get $strFileB?

Thanks. :)

-P0w3rK!d

P.S.: I already checked the archives before posting this question. I did not find an answer.

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Re: Referencing string: Can't use string as a SCALAR ref by Limbic~Region (Chancellor) on May 12, 2003 at 18:14 UTC
P0w3rK!d, Ok - completely misread the question the first time. Try taking a look at File::Basename, but here's a RE to try if you are 100% of your filenames and know there will be no gotchas. `my $strFileA = 'C:\foo\a\b\c\123.xml'; my ($filename) = ($strFileA =~ /\\([^\\]*)$/); print $filename,"\n";` [download] Cheers - L~R	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Re: Referencing string: Can't use string as a SCALAR ref by P0w3rK!d (Pilgrim) on May 12, 2003 at 18:33 UTC
Thank you :) I have it working now. I'm just curious if I can do it a better way. -P0w3rK!d	[reply]
Re: Re: Re: Referencing string: Can't use string as a SCALAR ref by antirice (Priest) on May 12, 2003 at 19:23 UTC
There is a better way to do it. (Which happens to be Limbic~Region's first suggestion.) As an added bonus, it also makes the code more portable to other OS's (as long as you have the script setup a directory or something rather than hard-coding it.) `use File::Basename; my $file = basename($filestring); print $file,$/;` [download] antirice The first rule of Perl club is - use Perl The ith rule of Perl club is - follow rule i - 1 for i > 1	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Re: Referencing string: Can't use string as a SCALAR ref by P0w3rK!d (Pilgrim) on May 12, 2003 at 18:17 UTC
$strFileA comes in as a function parameter.	[reply]
Re: Referencing string: Can't use string as a SCALAR ref by P0w3rK!d (Pilgrim) on May 12, 2003 at 18:20 UTC
Found one problem: `logFunc("...performing FTP of $$strFileB");` [download] I did not see the extra $. DoH! Performing: `$strFileB = $$strFileB;` [download] ..did the trick. Is there a better way to do this? -P0w3rK!d	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: Re: Referencing string: Can't use string as a SCALAR ref by cbro (Pilgrim) on May 12, 2003 at 18:41 UTC
I think the reason that started happening is because you did `\$array[index]` [download] . I'm about 99% sure that the log you mentioned, logFunc("...performing FTP of $$strFileB");, didn't show up until you did that.	[reply] [d/l]