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Working on the pm's still... I am trying to get the variable to print to a private.setup file so they can be adjusted online from the browser...

Everything prints well, I am just having a difficult time getting it to print the variables with "quotes" around them ,as that is the way pm's reads them.


How can I write those print statements so that when the private.setup file is written, the lines read as:
$instantmsg = "yes";
and not:
$instantmsg = yes;

gracias....

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Allen

- http://www.stand318.com

print FILE qq~$instantmsg = "$in{'instantmsg'}";n~;

--mark

Thanks Mark, for the quick response... worked perfectly...

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Allen

- http://www.stand318.com

You could've just escaped the quotes. But why do more work that you have to

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Why escape the quotes and make it clutterd LTS (Leaning Toothpick Syndrome) when Perl provides alternate quoting mechanisms allowing you to avoid that?

--mark

That's why I said why do more work than you have to (referring to escaping all the quotes)

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In the quest for MORE knowledge...

qq~$instantmsg = "$in{'instantmsg'}";n~;

the qq means it is quoted? and the ~ (leading and trailing denote WHAT is quoted? Thats the way I see it and was looking for confirmation is all. Back to me PERL book!!!

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Tony (Vipermad) Rickard
Viper Club UBB Admin

yes they are quoted strings

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Thanking you! I owe you a steak dinner for that last one!!!

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Tony (Vipermad) Rickard
Viper Club UBB Admin