Re^2: local variable syntax

Thanks, fishbot. You know, after I posted this inquiry, I found "Coping with Scoping", and REALLY felt like a fool for asking. I'll also go back to perlsyn; obviously I missed something in there. Thanks again for your patience; the last time I did any programming was in school, and that was 25 years ago, and it was COBOL and BASIC, two of the easiest languages to learn.

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Re^3: local variable syntax by fishbot_v2 (Chaplain) on Apr 27, 2006 at 02:43 UTC
Welcome to Perl, and best of luck. Sometimes, if you are starting, diving right into the specs can be pretty overwhelming. And the bundled perldocs are geared primarily towards programmers. Working through a good beginner book is a good place to start, sounds like you are working on that. There are also Tutorials here at PM, too. This one does a better job of answering your question about quotes.	[reply]
Re^4: local variable syntax by yburge (Acolyte) on Apr 27, 2006 at 19:30 UTC
Thanks for the pointer, fishbot. I AM a bit unnerved by the volume of information I need to learn, WHILE converting our .bat files to Perl scripts (I'm expected to learn on the run, so to speak). I've been jumping around from books to websites and back to books every time I have a question, so I've surely missed some valuable information, like the real scoop on variable scope.	[reply]