RE: [MacPerl] perl line pls

["Mark T. Johns" <mark.johns@dawsonhost.dawson.com>]

[snip]

> would anyone be kind enough to tell me what is wrong with this line...
>
> <blockquote>
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^ HTML is not Perl

> print  "$hi{$input{'language'}}, $input{'name'} .
  (assuming hi is a function?)

> $how{$input{'language'}}?\n";
> </blockquote>
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^ HTML is not Perl
>
> it just won't compile no matter how I cut it :-(
>

I suspect this may be more like what you need:

$tmp_hi = hi($input{'language'});
$tmp_how = how($input{'language'});print qq[
<blockquote>
$tmp_hi, $input{'name'} .
$tmp_how ?
];

HTH
PS: Get the Blue Camel Book from O'Reilly ( www.ora.com ) , and if you _are_
using MacPerl, 'MacPerl: Power and Ease' from PTF ( www.ptf.com )

-Mark

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