Re^4: If Not Replace

Thanks for the comment :)

I read a bunch of different examples before I posted. Its hard for me to ask the right questions when I don't know the terminology. Understanding the variables is my biggest issue atm, which i'm slowly grasping through trial and error. I've read lots, but at this point in time, I can't grasp how to do the stuff I do in LUA.

My apologies if a question seems out in left field, but if you look at the mashing of code that I produce, you'd laugh your head off(seriously) So I try to clean it up so it just represents the question I have :)

This last question, yes my code was completely redundant, but thats how i've always built my arrays. I couldn't have found that out without asking, no tutorial on the internet would have said so. Nor would I have found out that I should be using the @ instead of % as the tutorial was telling me(logically, I like @ more and my instinct told me to use it, but the tutorial said otherwise) I'm amazed that Monk saw my code as I posted and deleted it quickly because it was a mess...

Learning Perl and Intermediate Perl, I'll see what I can learn from them. Its frusterating that i'm not a 'beginner' at coding, but I am in Perl syntax. The easy books are too easy and anything heavier is too complex *gasp*

Thank-you again, much appreciated as always :)

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Re^5: If Not Replace by chromatic (Archbishop) on Sep 10, 2011 at 19:18 UTC
The easy books are too easy and anything heavier is too complex. I wrote Modern Perl for people in your situation. Can you let me know if it helps? Improve your skills with Modern Perl: the free book.	[reply]
Re^6: If Not Replace by davido (Cardinal) on Sep 11, 2011 at 00:24 UTC
That's a very good point. When I read Modern Perl I considered it more advanced than a beginning programming book, and more basic than an advanced Perl book... If you wrote it for programmers who are picking up Perl, I'd say you hit the nail on the head. Dave	[reply]
Re^6: If Not Replace by Inexistence (Acolyte) on Sep 10, 2011 at 19:54 UTC
Thank-you, i'll parse through it. If its helpful, its going on my phone for sure. I'm smashing my head against the wall atm bcuz I simply can't generate the right variable table/types... Variable terminology and usage is owning me Thank-you again :) bow	[reply]
Re^5: If Not Replace by davido (Cardinal) on Sep 10, 2011 at 19:59 UTC
Believe me, I know what you're talking about, as does probably everyone here who has learned more than one language. You may actually find a lot of good information in perlintro, perl, perlsyn, perlsub, and perlref. But I still wouldn't hesitate to suggest Learning Perl and Intermediate Perl. Maybe you'll get through them fairly quickly, but they will provide that foundation. Dave	[reply]