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$Some_Float = 5.46666 $Some_Float = sprintf("%.2f", $Some_Float ); Returns 5.47   But I want 5.46 (No ROUNDING)   sprintf rounds.... are you aware of something that would make it NOT r...
Hello, I have read in a file and would like to run through the array and remove any blank lines.   open(FILE, "Log.txt") or die("XP"); $/="\n"; @DATA = <FILE>; close(FILE);
i want to extrac list from this line "first list = new first();" and want to store in a variable is it possible to do that and i have to extract this line from a file so how can i do that i kn...
Hi   I am calling the following command from a perl script to add a linux system user.   @addResult =`useradd -c no_comments -m -g ftp -p $passwd_crypt $username`  or die " Error $!' ;  ...
here is my perl code i wrote so far to get the rankings of a site on google for diffrent search results. I got code like this to work in other programs like yahoo. but I can not get ...
I have a process that return text using STDERR. I need to run something like: @out=`process command`; To get the output, but this gets only STDOUT. How can I get the STDERR like that in an Eas...
Hey, I want to replace something with a regex like: $string =~ s/$search/$replace/; (i really need to use variables.) but i want to use backreferences in $replace, so like: $replace="lo...
What is the equivalent perl module for Win32::OLE on UNIX?
I am trying to grab the last line of data in a file to split and use as variables in a script without reading the entire file into memory. Example text file: 12121:something_1:another_1 1...
I need to measure time in milliseconds in a perl program.  The way I'd like to do it is $a = get time   do things $b = get time $c = $b - $a could anyone tell me how to go about thi...
Ok, PERL gurus! I am working on a project to allow streaming(scrolling) text for a cgi chat server in a multi-framed HTML document. I have seen several client / server models and sample code, ...
Hi, How could I give a perl script a top level folder (win32) and have it delete all sub folders (and their sub folders) that have a particular name? For instance:       Parent         ...
I would like to modify a bit of code that is used to parse Cisco syslog format. Originally the code would look at a log entry such as the following line and perform it's analysis: Sep 22 18:...
I am able to open and read a word doc using win32. i am looking for a way to detect words that are in bold. please help. Thanks Ned
My Perl knowledge is very limited (to say the least) and I'm wanting to do an equivalent of a vba mid/instring. I have a string which could be as follows: mystring=123456-blah or myst...
What is the max numeric value that perl can store without returning an error? both whole number and decimal numbers and also for a string
Hello everyone I'm currently trying to modify a simple PayPal IPN script to send me more details about customers transactions, the problem I'm having is when I try to assign variables to lo...
The following code, as I'm sure one of you experts will know, is not executing as expected: foreach (@cpus) {    $cpu = $_;    foreach (@prefixes) {        $prefix = $_;    }   `compos...
Hi All, This should be easy for you PERL folks. I have some of the fields in my guestbook script that are mandatory and I'm seeing where whitespace is entered in those fields and it mak...
Hi All I need to add the ability to the calculate square yard and the price. This code currently does a square foot print out. It needs to carry two places past the decimal point. Example: ...
I need translate a code from PERL to C or C++. Where can I found a tool for help me the translation ?
Is it possible to use Perl to Edit an Excel file. I have found perl modules to create new Excel files (SpreadSheet::WriteExcel) and I have found perl modules to read Excel files(SpreadSheet...
Hi Everyone. I am having a very complicated problem.I would really appreciate your help.Thanks. I want to run a utility.exe command from my dos prompt on the server as the values keep refr...
I'm trying to get an image from an HTML form, resize it to a specific size, and then output to a directory on the server, but I'm running into problems. I made a post a few days ago, and someo...
Hi, Attached is a sample of what I believe to be a binary file. I would like help reading it via perl and simply outputting the data in ascii format. I also attached the spec describing the fi...