Re: [FWP] So, you think you know Perl?

[Michael G Schwern <schwern@pobox.com>]

On Thu, Mar 29, 2001 at 08:40:16PM +0200, abigail@foad.org wrote:
> Your exercise for today:
> 
>    1) Predict what 
> 
>           echo "" | perl -ple 'print q'
> 
>       does.

Here's my prediction, for the record.

    } continue {
        print or die "-p destination: $!\n";


>    2) Run the above command and compare it with your prediction.

Ok, so the formatting is off.


>    3) Explain any differences.

Ummm... the only reason this came to mind is because I saw you do
something similar in a JAPH.  However, I have no idea how that worked as
it should have turned out to be something like:

              LINE:
                while (<>) {
                    print q
                } continue {
                    print or die "-p destination: $!\n";
                }

And q}{ is a syntax error... OH!  but q}} isn't!

You frighten me.


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Michael G. Schwern   <schwern@pobox.com>    http://www.pobox.com/~schwern/
Perl6 Quality Assurance     <perl-qa@perl.org>	     Kwalitee Is Job One
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