in reply to How can i "include" an executable section of code

Yes, Perl doesn't have include. It doesn't have a preprocessor like C does either.

However, it does have use, require, do, and eval.


Dave

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Re: Re: How can i "include" an executable section of code
by DrHyde (Prior) on Jan 13, 2004 at 11:03 UTC
    Of course, you can use the C pre-processor if that floats your boat. It's probably not the right solution though :-)
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Re: Re: How can i "include" an executable section of code
by mildewhall (Initiate) on Jan 14, 2004 at 11:28 UTC
    As a followup, having tested the "do" option, I found that using "require" was altogether the best option, especially in terms of memory usage on large files. 
       $client = $Options{'c'};
   #
   # call in the relevant client code
   #
   require "$client.segment";
   #

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    and the $client.segment file contains 
    sub DoClient
        {
        # client 'A'
        my $EURO       = 1.35; 
        if ( m/(\S+),(\S+),(\S+),(\S+),(\S+),(\S+)/o )
                {
                @fields        = split(/,/);
                ......
                }
        }1;

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