Re^4: Search a hash for STDIN and report findings

you guys probably want

if ($ending eq '\n' or 'done')
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to be

if ( ($ending eq '\n') or ($ending eq 'done') )
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Re^5: Search a hash for STDIN and report findings by moritz (Cardinal) on Feb 07, 2008 at 21:08 UTC
We're both idiots, toolic ;-) (no offense meant). `'\n'` would only be the case if the user entered a literal backslash followed by an n. Not very likely to be intended. Since `$ending` is already chomped there's no need for a newline check at all. `if ($ending eq 'done')` is just fine, I think.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^6: Search a hash for STDIN and report findings by trenchwar (Beadle) on Feb 07, 2008 at 21:35 UTC
When taking out the \n the while loop keeps well...looping until 'done' is entered. Keeping it in ends the loop with a carriage return or the input.	[reply]