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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting How to make variables in script function local? Post 302173510 by cfajohnson on Thursday 6th of March 2008 11:39:28 PM
Old 03-07-2008
Quote:
Originally Posted by alex_5161
Is it possible to make function variables local?
I mean for example, I have a script variable 'name' and in function I have declared variable 'name'
I need to have script's 'name' have the same value as it was before calling the function with the same declaration.

If there are no variable in the function which need to be changed in the calling script call it in a subshell:
Code:
(func1)

Or define the function with parentheses instead of braces:
Code:
func1()
(
   : ... whatever
)

If you are using bash or [d]ash you can declare variables to be local to the function (and its subshells, if any):
Code:
func1()
{
 local var1 var2=$var2
}

Note that this and the typeset command are non-standard (but local really should be made standard).
 

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locale::codes::langfam5.18

Locale::Codes::LangFam(3pm)				 Perl Programmers Reference Guide			       Locale::Codes::LangFam(3pm)

NAME

       Locale::Codes::LangFam - standard codes for language extension identification

SYNOPSIS

	  use Locale::Codes::LangFam;

	  $lext = code2langfam('apa');		       # $lext gets 'Apache languages'
	  $code = langfam2code('Apache languages');    # $code gets 'apa'

	  @codes   = all_langfam_codes();
	  @names   = all_langfam_names();

DESCRIPTION

       The "Locale::Codes::LangFam" module provides access to standard codes used for identifying language families, such as those as defined in
       ISO 639-5.

       Most of the routines take an optional additional argument which specifies the code set to use. If not specified, the default ISO 639-5
       language family codes will be used.

SUPPORTED CODE SETS

       There are several different code sets you can use for identifying language families. A code set may be specified using either a name, or a
       constant that is automatically exported by this module.

       For example, the two are equivalent:

	  $lext = code2langfam('apa','alpha');
	  $lext = code2langfam('apa',LOCALE_LANGFAM_ALPHA);

       The codesets currently supported are:

       alpha
	   This is the set of three-letter (lowercase) codes from ISO 639-5 such as 'apa' for Apache languages.

	   This is the default code set.

ROUTINES

       code2langfam ( CODE [,CODESET] )
       langfam2code ( NAME [,CODESET] )
       langfam_code2code ( CODE ,CODESET ,CODESET2 )
       all_langfam_codes ( [CODESET] )
       all_langfam_names ( [CODESET] )
       Locale::Codes::LangFam::rename_langfam  ( CODE ,NEW_NAME [,CODESET] )
       Locale::Codes::LangFam::add_langfam  ( CODE ,NAME [,CODESET] )
       Locale::Codes::LangFam::delete_langfam  ( CODE [,CODESET] )
       Locale::Codes::LangFam::add_langfam_alias  ( NAME ,NEW_NAME )
       Locale::Codes::LangFam::delete_langfam_alias  ( NAME )
       Locale::Codes::LangFam::rename_langfam_code  ( CODE ,NEW_CODE [,CODESET] )
       Locale::Codes::LangFam::add_langfam_code_alias  ( CODE ,NEW_CODE [,CODESET] )
       Locale::Codes::LangFam::delete_langfam_code_alias  ( CODE [,CODESET] )
	   These routines are all documented in the Locale::Codes::API man page.

SEE ALSO

       Locale::Codes
	   The Locale-Codes distribution.

       Locale::Codes::API
	   The list of functions supported by this module.

       http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-5/id.php
	   ISO 639-5 .

AUTHOR

       See Locale::Codes for full author history.

       Currently maintained by Sullivan Beck (sbeck@cpan.org).

COPYRIGHT

	  Copyright (c) 2011-2013 Sullivan Beck

       This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

perl v5.18.2							    2013-11-04					       Locale::Codes::LangFam(3pm)
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