how would i go about giving a file (or script) a handle so i can open that file in another perl program...all i want is to open (or run the file) in another perl "program"...i bought Perl for Dummies, and it kind of explains it...i tried this:



but that didnt work...all that happend when i ran it was a blank line and then thats it...the name of the program i ran it in is not Name+password.txt also, i put INFILE as the handle b/c thats what it says in the Perl for Dummies book....any help is appriciated

Would require("file.txt"); do what you want? That will give you access to all the sub routines in the file.txt file...

Or am I misunderstanding what you are wanting?

Cheers

Andy (mod)
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Using some error checking will help a great deal.


Are you sure you want the + there?

the "+" is in the .txt file's name...should i remove that? i'd try now, but im at school

Removing it will make things clearer. I don't know off the top of my head if it will cause problems but it's best not to use obscure characters in file names if possible.

do the .txt files have to be in the same folder as the Perl files? the perl files are in C:\Perl and my .txt's are on the desktop...do i have to move them to C:\Perl ?

They can be anywhere, you'll just have to make sure you use the full path.

arrrgh...i am so horrible at this............whenever i do this:

i get a error saying "Can't locate array.txt in @INC (@INC contains: F:/Perl/the good one/lib F:/Perl/the good one/site/lib .) at - line 48, <STDIN> line 3." By the way, my Perl files are in F:/Perl/the good one i tried doing the following also, since array.txt is on the desktop

Hmm no offence intended but this seems like a real struggle for you. These questions aren't so much to do with perl as a basic understanding of computing and paths etc.

Every file has an associated system path in order for you to able to locate it. You can't just add something like "Desktop" that you think seems right and expect it to work. The path to the desktop on XP for example is:

E:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop

I think before you jump somewhat in the deepend with programming you need to learn the basics. As the old saying goes, don't run before you can walk. It will only save you headaches in the long run.

how do i specify where the file is? I tried this...but it didnt work, i tried taking the quotes away, that didnt work...



im sorry, i know this is easy, i just cant figure this thing out.....

Do yourself a big favour and save your files to a directory with a shorter path, rather than on the desktop.

You should also stick to using letters and numbers, plus the _ and - characters for filenames and directories. The '.' character should also only appear once in a filename.

Windoze might accept other characters, but many other operating systems won't and at some point (if you persevere) you're going to want to upload programs to a Web server and most of those use UNIX which very definitely does care.

Using forward slashes instead of back slashes in paths will also help avoid problems.

i.e.

C:/files/thewords.txt

not

C:\files\thewords.txt

(in the latter, \f can look like a formfeed and \t can look like a tab escape character to Perl.)

that worked for "require" thanks!!!!!