Re^4: Use of uninitialized value $

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Hi AnomalousMonk,

Thanks for pointing it out. Yes, I admit I missed adding the backslash before the &usage(). The script works fine as of now but I'm still trying to improve its features and hopefully I don't get new errors. :)

Thanks a lot for the help!

Cheers,

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Re^5: Use of uninitialized value $_ in string by AnomalousMonk (Archbishop) on Apr 06, 2014 at 19:54 UTC
... adding the backslash before the `&usage()`. I'm sure you understand this, but just in case... Just adding a backslash in front of a subroutine invocation will cause a reference to be taken to whatever the subroutine happens to return when invoked. `c:\@Work\Perl\monks>perl -wMstrict -MData::Dump -le "sub S { return uc $_[0]; } ;; my %hash = ( 'x' => \&S('foo'), 'y' => \S('bar') ); dd \%hash; " { x => \"FOO", y => \"BAR" }` [download] Of course, the correct expression for assigning a code reference to a hash key would be `'help' => \&usage,` (Also, it's better practice to invoke subroutines without the `&` sigil due to certain occasional, unexpected side-effects. So rather than `my $x = &function('argument', 'list');` it's better to write `my $x = function('argument', 'list');` instead, thus preserving use of `&` for taking code references and for those odd function invocation cases in which its use is critical. See perlsub.)	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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Re^5: Use of uninitialized value $_ in string
by AnomalousMonk (Archbishop) on Apr 06, 2014 at 19:54 UTC

... adding the backslash before the &usage().

I'm sure you understand this, but just in case...

Just adding a backslash in front of a subroutine invocation will cause a reference to be taken to whatever the subroutine happens to return when invoked.

c:\@Work\Perl\monks>perl -wMstrict -MData::Dump -le
"sub S { return uc $_[0]; }
 ;;
 my %hash = ( 'x' => \&S('foo'),  'y' => \S('bar') );
 dd \%hash;
"
{ x => \"FOO", y => \"BAR" }
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Of course, the correct expression for assigning a code reference to a hash key would be
'help' => \&usage,

(Also, it's better practice to invoke subroutines without the & sigil due to certain occasional, unexpected side-effects. So rather than
my $x = &function('argument', 'list');
it's better to write
my $x = function('argument', 'list');
instead, thus preserving use of & for taking code references and for those odd function invocation cases in which its use is critical. See perlsub.)

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