in reply to (jeffa) RE: Re: Use of unitialized variable?
in thread Use of unitialized variable?

If you use LWP::Simple, you don't end up re-creating the User Agent repeatedly. That'd be a big win.

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(jeffa) 4Re: Use of unitialized variable?
by jeffa (Bishop) on Aug 29, 2000 at 05:52 UTC
    Yep, you are right - in my haste I overlooked that each call to sub getHTML instantiates a new agent.
    What a waste!! :0

    One more time: 

    use strict;
use LWP::Simple;

print &getHTML('http://www.perlmonks.org');

sub getHTML($) {
   my $url = shift;

   my $content = get($url);

   return getprint($url);
}

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        DOH!
        that's what I get for taking the perldoc example too literally without thinking.
        Last time? *wince* 
        use strict;
use LWP::Simple;

print &getHTML('http://www.perlmonks.org');

sub getHTML($) {
   return getprint(shift);
}

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        minus error checking, of course . . .
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