What's the bug ?

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Re: What's the bug ? by tcf22 (Priest) on Jul 07, 2004 at 20:52 UTC
You need to create a Net::IP object. Try this `#!/usr/local/bin/perl use strict; use Net::IP; my $ip = new Net::IP('193.0.1/24') or die (Net::IP::Error()); print ("Mask : ", $ip->mask());` [download] PS. using strict would have prevented this error. Update: Added IP in constructor. Directly from CPAN. - Tom	[reply] [d/l]
Re: What's the bug ? by tomhukins (Curate) on Jul 08, 2004 at 00:24 UTC
Imagine you wrote the following: `#!/usr/local/bin/perl print $message;` [download] `$message` is undefined, so `print` will output nothing. If you use the strict pragma, it will complain alert you that you forgot to define `$message`. The same thing is happening in your program. You try to do something with `$ip` before you have declared it. In this case, you need to instantiate `$ip` as a `Net::IP` object as suggested by tcf22.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: What's the bug ? by Anonymous Monk on Jul 07, 2004 at 22:09 UTC
Now, how to fix it ? You open your eyes and RTFM Considered: tomhukins delete: no useful content Unconsidered: ysth - Keep/Edit/Delete = 12/0/9 - enough keep votes	[reply]