Please help

samaniac has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

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Re: Please help by marto (Cardinal) on Nov 26, 2010 at 11:04 UTC
So far you have posted questions named: Need a little coding help Two simple, easy questions Please help Please read How do I compose an effective node title?, this advice (along with other advice) is displayed each time you post, please don't ignore it.	[reply]
Re^2: Please help by samaniac (Initiate) on Nov 26, 2010 at 11:48 UTC
Will do, sorry I didn't read it before posting.	[reply]
Re: Please help by fisher (Priest) on Nov 26, 2010 at 10:58 UTC
`print: "Before: @array \n";` [download] You have extra ':' after 'print'.	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Please help by afoken (Chancellor) on Nov 26, 2010 at 11:00 UTC
`print: "Before: @array \n"` ... is read as a label named print, followed by a string constant. Get rid of the colon after print. Alexander -- Today I will gladly share my knowledge and experience, for there are no sweeter words than "I told you so". ;-)	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Please help by lidden (Curate) on Nov 26, 2010 at 10:58 UTC
Your first print has a colon before the string.	[reply]
Re: Please help by Anonymous Monk on Nov 26, 2010 at 11:03 UTC
`print:`is a statement `LABEL:` not a call of function print Somehow I think using a built-in function name as a label should cause a warnings, but this is the first time I've seen it in 10 years.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: Please help by TomDLux (Vicar) on Nov 26, 2010 at 18:22 UTC
Sometimes Perl won't provide a warning, and emacs highlighting doesn't show anything useful ... or I'm being stupid and not seeing the problem. Using perltidy and perlcritic can provide some extra information. Particularly useful when I mess up matching braces while editing old code, or lose track of my string delimiters. As Occam said: Entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem.	[reply]
Re: Please help by samaniac (Initiate) on Nov 26, 2010 at 11:49 UTC
Thanks guys, I knew it was something stupid I just couldn't find it! Again, thanks for all your help and quick responses.	[reply]
Re^2: Please help by marto (Cardinal) on Nov 26, 2010 at 12:09 UTC
I know that it's often helpful to get another set of eyes to look over your code but if you don't already, consider using an editor which supports Syntax highlighting.	[reply]