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  1. serpento

    Sort UK style dates

    Cheers ishnid, that looks like a very reasonable way to complete the task and I will definately use it. Thankyou, have a star. -Ed ;-) ________________________________ Destiny is not a matter of chance; it is a matter of choice.
  2. serpento

    Sort UK style dates

    Thanks for your help, parkers! I didn't know you could just put reverse to sort in reverse. I think in the end I'll use this code: foreach $dream (@tableOfDreams) { @dateOfDream = split('/', uptoFirst("\n", $dream)); #split into dd, mm, yy $dream =...
  3. serpento

    Sort UK style dates

    I've got an array full of dates in the form ('dd/mm/yy', 'dd/mm/yy', ... etc. (I'm from the UK). I want to use Perl's built in sort function to sort them in order and in reverse order. Any help much appreciated. -Ed ;-) ________________________________ Destiny is not a matter of chance; it...
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    Syntax error - but where?

    Hi Mike, Thanks loads, your help is much apprecited as it has solved my problem perfectly. I won't be making that mistake again! Have a star. -Ed ;-) ________________________________ Destiny is not a matter of chance; it is a matter of choice.
  5. serpento

    Turn off interpolation in print << ?

    Thanks that perfect! Have a star. -Ed ;-) ________________________________ Destiny is not a matter of chance; it is a matter of choice.
  6. serpento

    Syntax error - but where?

    The code bellow was working fine until I changed something by mistake and suddenly it says only this when I try to run it: Warning: Content-Type header not found in the script output. If this script is not a CGI one, please use the Run -> Run in Command Prompt menu to run it. Execution of...
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    Turn off interpolation in print << ?

    I have recently discovered the folloeing device: print <<HTML_END; (What you want to print) HTML_END And find it very useful. My questiuon is this: if what you want to print contains lots of @ and $ signs in (as in talking about email addresses and currency rather than variables), is there...
  8. serpento

    Regex to check its all digits

    Thank you all for your help, you have all solved my problem perfectly! Have a star each. -Ed ;-) ________________________________ Destiny is not a matter of chance; it is a matter of choice.
  9. serpento

    Regex to check its all digits

    I'm only a beginner at using regular expressions, and would like to know how to use one to see if $variable contains only digits or not. I.e. I want a statement that returns false if $variable contains any character other than a digit. Any help would be very much appreciated. -Ed ;-)...
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    A variable of which the name is stored in another variable

    Thanks Paul, thats solved my problem brilliantly! Have a star. -Ed ;-) ________________________________ Destiny is not a matter of chance; it is a matter of choice.
  11. serpento

    A variable of which the name is stored in another variable

    If I have the name of a variable stored in another variable, can I read the contents of the variable? EG: $nameOfVariable = &quot;foo&quot;; $foo = &quot;contents of variable that I want to read&quot;; # Now, supposing that $foo could be anything, # eg. $sweetcorn, is it possible to...
  12. serpento

    Sort list alphabetical?

    What would you say is the best way to sort a list in alphabetical order? Any help would be apprieciated, Merry Xmas, -Ed ;-) ________________________________ Destiny is not a matter of chance; it is a matter of choice.
  13. serpento

    How to check valid hex?

    Thanks loads for your help! Here's the code I'm using in the end: function isHex(string) { if (string.length!=6) return false; for (i=0; i<6; i++) { if (isNaN(parseInt(string.charAt(i), 16))) {return false;} } return true; } -Ed ;-)...
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    How to check valid hex?

    What's a quick way to check that a six character string is a valid hex value (i.e. contains only numbers and letters A-F?)? I expect it would invlove regular expressions but haven't got the hang of them yet, so would apprieciate some help. -Ed ;-) ________________________________ Destiny is...
  15. serpento

    $_SERVER in Perl?

    Thank you, that $ENV{'HTTP_REFERER'} is all I needed. I'll ask questions more directly in future. -Ed ;-) ________________________________ Destiny is not a matter of chance; it is a matter of choice.

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