[aclug-L] Re: Perl help!!

[Sanjay Dhar <sxdhar@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I just ran this script on both WinNT and Win95 and it ran fine. I have
ActivePerl version 5.005_03. You might want to upgrade to that.

--
Sanjay

On Mon, 20 Dec 1999, Mohammad Islam wrote:

> Hello all,
> 
> First Merry christmas and Happy new year to you all!! :))
> 
> Ok now down to business...
> 
> I have following blashphemous question:
> 
> Anybody here has used perl on win32(Activeperl version 5.005_02)..say on
> winNT?(Geezzz)
> 
> I am having some problem with perl's "format" on my winNT system.
> 
> Here is a description of my problem:
> 
> I have the following file on my c:\ drive named data.txt. It has the
> following format:
> 
> Linus:Trovalds:ManOfTheYear:1999
> Eric:Raymond:36milliondollarman:1999
> 
> Now i have the following perl code to open the file, parse the data and
> show em to the screen in a defined format:
> 
> ##Begin code
> 
> open(DATA, "c:\\data.txt");
> 
> while(<DATA>)
> {
> 
>         ($first, $last, $status, $year) = split(/:/);
>         write;
> }
> format STDOUT =
> @<<<<<<<<<< @<<<<<<<<<< @<<<<<<< @<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
> $first, $last, $status, $year
> .
> 
> ##End code
> 
> But when i run it from the command prompt it gives the following error: 
> 
> Format not terminated at formattest.pl line 14, at end of line
> Format not terminated at formattest.pl line 14, at end of line
> 
> Hmmm..same script run flawlessly on my linux machine. I do not have a
> clue here. I have terminated format at the end (Notice the .)
> 
> Anyone can shed some light on this?? Do i neeed to do something special
> to terminate format  for a win32 system?
> 
> Your insights would be most appreciated.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Mohammed
>