Just a note - running win2k and perl v5.8.0 (built for
MSWin32-x86-multi-thread).
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From: Derek Byrne
Sent: 27 June 2003 00:13
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re : Compilation Errors
Hi All,
Reading through Learning Perl (3rd Ed), and messing around with Binary
Assignment Operators (2.5.3).
Code is as follows :
#!perl -w
$fred = 4;
print "Fred is now : $fred \n";
$fred += 4;
print "Add 4 to Fred : $fred \n";
$fred *= 2;
print "Multiply by 2 : $fred \n";
$fred -= 6;
print "Subtract 6 : $fred \n";
$fred /= 2;
print "Divide by 2 : $fred \n";
#$fred .= 5
$fred = $fred . 5
print "$fred \n";
And I get the following error :
C:\SCRIPTS\test>perl fred.pl
syntax error at fred.pl line 14, near "print"
Execution of fred.pl aborted due to compilation errors.
What I'm trying to do is to append 5 to the value of $fred. If you
comment out the last 3 lines, you get 5 as the value for $fred.
Is this a valid assignment? Is it possible to paste in a number to the
end of another number to make a new number? (In this case, 55).
I've also tried encapsulating the value of 5 with and without '' "" and ``
And I don't reckon changing Fred into Barney will work either :o)
Thanks in advance,
DerekB
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