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FAQ 4.54 Why does defined() return true on empty arrays and hashes?

This is an excerpt from the latest version perlfaq4.pod, which comes with the standard Perl distribution. These postings aim to reduce the number of repeated questions as well as allow the community to review and update the answers. The latest version of the complete perlfaq is at [link] .

FAQ 4.39 What is the difference between a list and an array?

This is an excerpt from the latest version perlfaq4.pod, which comes with the standard Perl distribution. These postings aim to reduce the number of repeated questions as well as allow the community to review and update the answers. The latest version of the complete perlfaq is at [link] .

Strawberry

I have a Windows Xp and use Strawberry the think is the hello word doesn't work, and then the others programs as well. I do "perl filename.pl" in the command line and it gives a error unknow shell command. Don't know what to do. Ray

TNS-error

i'm not able to open the oralce, it is throwing the TNS- error ERROR -- "all appropriate instances are blocking the new connections how to open the connection

FAQ 4.33 How do I pad a string with blanks or pad a number with zeroes?

This is an excerpt from the latest version perlfaq4.pod, which comes with the standard Perl distribution. These postings aim to reduce the number of repeated questions as well as allow the community to review and update the answers. The latest version of the complete perlfaq is at [link] .

I need ideas on how to sort 350 million lines of data

I have roughly 350 million lines of data in the following form name, price, weight, brand, sku, upc, size sitting on my home PC. Is there some kind of sane way to sort this without taking up too much ram or jacking up my limited CPU time?

Problems with GetOpt

I am trying have following perl code: use lib '/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.5/Getopt'; use Getopt::Long; my $alternate_dot_vf_file = ''; GetOptions('f=s' => \$alternate_dot_vf_file); print "Printing vf file \n"; print $alternate_dot_vf_file; die; My expectation would have been that if I invoked this code "lets call

Open XML Converter for Mac Due Soon - PC World

Open XML Converter for Mac Due Soon PC World - 55 minutes ago Microsoft will deliver its delay-plagued Open XML file converters for Office 2004 for Mac next month, the company reaffirmed last week.

FAQ 4.34 How do I extract selected columns from a string?

This is an excerpt from the latest version perlfaq4.pod, which comes with the standard Perl distribution. These postings aim to reduce the number of repeated questions as well as allow the community to review and update the answers. The latest version of the complete perlfaq is at [link] .

Unterschiede zwischen Windows-Derivaten

Hallo, gibt es irgendwo Informationen zwischen den diversen Windows-"Editions"? - XP Home/Professional Edition - 2000 Standard Edition (Welche gibt's da noch)? - 2003 Web/Standard/Enterprise/Datase ver Edition Danke und Grüße aus Wien, Ferry

Tablespaces sizing!

Hello all. I have a question regarding the tablespace size. Assume that I create the new database and now I wanted to create the Application for some company that has a feature like this: Company: WCA Wireless Net Numbers of orders per year: 44 million Average number of equipment sales per phone: 2.5