Hello,
I've written a Perl script that prompts for asnwers to questons. At those prompts, the backspace key shows up as ^H^H.
I would like the users to have the ablility to use the backspace key. I'm running bash shell and don't otherwise have this problem.
Any help would be greatly... (4 Replies)
I have this in my .profile:
stty erase `tput kbs`
which sets erase to ^H for a vt and ^? for an xterm.
This has been fine up until now on all systems whether I login using a vt terminal emulator or an xterm.
On this new system though, if I log in directly using an xterm, backspace doesn't... (1 Reply)
Hello, I am a UNIX newbie. With that out of that way..
In order to delete a mistyped character, I need to press control+h to move the cursor to the left, and then overwrite it. If I try hitting the backspace key, it just brings me to a new prompt.
Is there a way to change it so that my... (1 Reply)
I have a script that asks a user for a few question.
I would like the users to be able to use the backspace key if they make a mistake. Right now when they try they get ^? instead of it backing up.
As you can see here from a stty -a the backspace is set...
speed 38400 baud;
rows = 42;... (2 Replies)
Hi
In solaris if i have to delete something from shell i need to use ctrl+H, coz if i use backspace it shows ^?. Can any one please tell me how to set backspace key so that i can delete any character directly instead of using Ctrl+h.
Second Q is like in linux for going to recent command, i... (10 Replies)
Hi all,
I am using a script which is as follows: It reads a character.
I want to check if the character is a backspace character or some other character.
read -n 1 x
if ; then
echo "backspace detected"
else
echo "some other character"
fi
Thanks in advance. (1 Reply)
Hi gurus, i use vi editor. when I want search something I Type / (or ? if i want search backward), that is OK.
But when i make mistake in searching string how can i delete character ?
I tried bacskpase but did not work (gives just strange characters).
Also tried shift+bacskspace but this only... (3 Replies)
Hello Forum:
I am trying to find a meaning to this echo escape character:
echo -e "\b"
Can someone tell me or give me examples of the effect that this has when used. I know that \b is the backspace, but I cannot visualise it use like any other escape such as:
echo -e "\n"
Thanks.
--Willie (10 Replies)
Hello,
My Perl script reads input from stdin and prints it out to stdout. After I read input I use BACKSPACE to erase characters. However BACKSPACE does not work with Unicode characters that are multi-bytes. On screen the character is erased but underneath only one byte is deleted instead of all... (3 Replies)
i have something like this
tablesName="abc def hij akn ... etc etc"
count=0
for i in $tablesName
do
echo -en "\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\bTableCount: $count"
count=`expr $count + 1`
done
the above is just a description wha i need is when the loop executes
the... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: vivek d r
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LEARN ABOUT PHP
boolval
BOOLVAL(3) 1 BOOLVAL(3)boolval - Get the boolean value of a variableSYNOPSIS
boolean boolval (mixed $var)
DESCRIPTION
Returns the boolean value of $var.
PARAMETERS
o $var
- The scalar value being converted to a boolean.
RETURN VALUES
The boolean value of $var.
EXAMPLES
Example #1
boolval(3) examples
<?php
echo '0: '.(boolval(0) ? 'true' : 'false')."
";
echo '42: '.(boolval(42) ? 'true' : 'false')."
";
echo '0.0: '.(boolval(0.0) ? 'true' : 'false')."
";
echo '4.2: '.(boolval(4.2) ? 'true' : 'false')."
";
echo '"": '.(boolval("") ? 'true' : 'false')."
";
echo '"string": '.(boolval("string") ? 'true' : 'false')."
";
echo '"0": '.(boolval("0") ? 'true' : 'false')."
";
echo '"1": '.(boolval("1") ? 'true' : 'false')."
";
echo '[1, 2]: '.(boolval([1, 2]) ? 'true' : 'false')."
";
echo '[]: '.(boolval([]) ? 'true' : 'false')."
";
echo 'stdClass: '.(boolval(new stdClass) ? 'true' : 'false')."
";
?>
The above example will output:
0: false
42: true
0.0: false
4.2: true
"": false
"string": true
"0": false
"1": true
[1, 2]: true
[]: false
stdClass: true
SEE ALSO floatval(3), intval(3), strval(3), settype(3), is_bool(3), Type juggling.
PHP Documentation Group BOOLVAL(3)