in reply to Snarky comments on the ddj perl quiz

You didn't notice that they provided no correct answer to question 9?

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Re^2: Snarky comments on the ddj perl quiz (nein)
by ysth (Canon) on Aug 23, 2007 at 01:22 UTC
    Nonsense!
    open KAREN, ">sw"; is a correct, if unfortunate, answer to the question "Which of the following commands should be used to open a filehandle named KAREN to an existing file named sw?"
    Assuming you have to choose one, and don't prefer a syntax error to success.
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      Update I misread the question for the third time, and thought it was trying to open a filehandle to an existing fileHANDLE, not an existing file.

      The correct way to open a filehandle to an existing filehandle is to duplicate it: 

      
     open KAREN, ">&sw"

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      Clint

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