Are there different types of PERL?

=> is for hashes (multi-dimensional lists), a part of Perl.

What I love most about Perl is that it works for basic stuff, flat text files, database integration and is also OPTIONALLY OOP!

I love Perl.

I wish I had time to learn it properly instead of hacking away at it.

*sigh*

Suzanne

Uh, I know what hashes are, I've just never used those in my hashes. What's their purpose? Anything?

There is a reason to use =>: it is visually easier to read. All => is is a comma, plus it should allow the key to be unqouted.

Example, which is easier to read?

or

Richard
richjb::424

=> for hashes, -> for OOP. And we all love OOP, even if I it was probably the hardest thing to learn about Perl.

I probably already know what it is, but just not as what it is referred to here: what is OOP?

Richard
richjb::426

Object Oriented Programming

One of Perl's most amazing bits (to me) is that it is OPTIONALLY OOP! So if you don't need the power of OOP (like for quick little scripts, you don't have to use the resource heavy methods. But if you NEED the power of OOP, you have it there, available.

It's also what makes the fantastic modules work so well, so you can write those quick little scripts and not rewrite the same wheel endlessly.

Whee!

Suzanne

Oh, ok, thanks.

Richard
richjb::429

For example, I stole this from one of Myriad's posts. Is this OOP PERL?

if(!param('inputbox1') || !param('inputbox2'))
{ url="http://yourscriptnamehere.pl";
print "Location: $url\nURI: $url\n\n";
exit();
}