in reply to Re: Re: It LOOKS right...
in thread It LOOKS right...

Um, lol, where to begin....

Great attitude :D

Here is something you should see, splain/diagnostics (eventually , you'll want to read Use strict warnings and diagnostics or die aka Read this if you want to cut your development time in half!)

$ cat foo.err.log syntax error at test.plx line 3, near ") {" syntax error at test.plx line 6, near "}" $ splain < foo.err.log syntax error at test.plx line 3, near ") {" (#1) (F) Probably means you had a syntax error. Common reasons include +: A keyword is misspelled. A semicolon is missing. A comma is missing. An opening or closing parenthesis is missing. An opening or closing brace is missing. A closing quote is missing. Often there will be another error message associated with the synt +ax error giving more information. (Sometimes it helps to turn on -w. +) The error message itself often tells you where it was in the line +when it decided to give up. Sometimes the actual error is several toke +ns before this, because Perl is good at understanding random input. Occasionally the line number may be misleading, and once in a blue + moon the only way to figure out what's triggering the error is to call perl -c repeatedly, chopping away half the program each time to se +e if the error went away. Sort of the cybernetic version of S<20 questions>. syntax error at test.plx line 6, near "}" (#1)
You've done good, you used code tags and paragraphs tags, but like others have noted, the code you posted literally will not emit that error. Well, not when run by perl, any version starting with 4 or 5 ( 5.12.2) :D

For a question to be effective, the curtain (code) should match the drapes (error).

On a related note, instead of It LOOKS right... an effective title might have been syntax error at test.plx line 3, near ") {"

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Re^3: syntax error at test.plx line 3, near ") {"
by BIOM01 (Initiate) on Jun 01, 2011 at 16:26 UTC

    Yeah, I really did muck it up with the semicolon, didn't I? Haha. At least I'll remember my semicolons from now on. :D

    About the 'if' statement, ah. Lol. I think the fact that it is in the same chapter as the 'while loop' probably made me think it could do a loop-type function.

    I'll definitely look into all of the stuff that you guys have posted. It's nice to have some "guidance" of sorts on where to go and look for something, especially because no one I know knows this language. I've been stuck with books and google, which isn't always the best thing. And from now on all code posted by me shall include strict and warnings. :D As for the question name, I'll remember that next time, too. It's literally in my notes.

    Again, sorry for the muck up about the code, and it definitely won't happen again.