Ok first, thank you for replying with your input.

Second, I am not some dumb 5 year old that can't write a simple "Hello, world!" program, so DON'T treat me like that. I know what a subroutine is, otherwise I wouldn't be using one, let alone about a dozen in total that I have. I said I was new to the CGI.pm modual, not Perl itself. Granted I am not some all knowing guru, but I don't care right now -- I am learning and having fun. I do not make software for any companies, but for myself for simple distribution, so don't give me any of that "you suck, don't know a thing, need to learn how to use the 'print' command, blah blah" garbage.

"I don't mean to offend you, usually i'd not have answered at all, but: You haven't thought before you wrote that code, apart from the fact that it shows lack of basic knowledge about Perl 5."

Do me a favour next time, DON'T answer to my question. I'd rather have someone help me get moving then someone come in and start flaming me for asking a simple question. And I havn't thought before posting?? That has got to be the lamest thing I have ever read on this site! Why the heck would I be posting, if not for help?? It appears that YOU are the one who did not THINK before posting your reply. And as I stated, I am no Perl guru, however I do know fair bit about Perl.

So do me a favour, next time you decide to post, how's about just stopping and thinking as to if your post will be HELPFUL or just a waist of time.

As to the rest of you who posted, thanks for the help.

In reply to Re: Re: Reading from multi line file -> CGI.pm by FireBird34
in thread Reading from multi line file -> CGI.pm by FireBird34

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