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Use of $# to get array size in Perl 5.10
I apologize if this is a repeat. The following code works on Perl v5.8.8, but does not on v5.10.0. #!/usr/bin/perl use strict; sub getListIdx { my $listref = shift; my $sval = shift; for (my $i=0; $i<=$#{@{$listref}}; $i++) { if ($sval eq... -
How to stop Perl from removing table formatting from mysql command?
If the Perl DBI/DBD module came installed on all systems, I'd use it. However, my scripts have to run on a wide variety of systems, many of which I don't control what is installed. I've found that if the system has mysql installed, I have access to the mysql command line interface. Parsing... -
How to stop Perl from removing table formatting from mysql command?
I think you are right - it isn't Perl that is doing the stripping: From a shell prompt, I run the following: $ mysql -u foo -D dbname -e 'Select * from ADDRESS' +----+-------------+---------+--------------+--------------+ | ID | DISPLAYNAME | OPTLOCK | IPADDRESS | BASEASSET_ID |... -
How to stop Perl from removing table formatting from mysql command?
I am executing the mysql command from within Perl scripts (long story why not using Perl DBI module). What I am finding is that Perl is stripping out the "table border" characters that are normally output by the mysql command when doing a select from a table. For example, I get this: ID...
