Perl "uninitialized value"


 
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Old 07-26-2011
Perl "uninitialized value"

I have the following script:

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Code:
#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;
use Spreadsheet::ParseExcel;
use Spreadsheet::WriteExcel;
use WordNet::Similarity::lesk;
use WordNet::QueryData;

my $wn = WordNet::QueryData->new();
my $lesk = WordNet::Similarity::lesk->new($wn);
my $parser = Spreadsheet::ParseExcel->new();
my $workbook = $parser->parse ( 'example.xls' );

if ( !defined $workbook ) {
   die $parser->error(), ".\n";
}

WORKSHEET:
for my $worksheet ( $workbook->worksheets() ) {

    my $sheetname = $worksheet->get_name();
    my ( $row_min, $row_max ) = $worksheet->row_range();
    my ( $col_min, $col_max ) = $worksheet->col_range();
    my $target_col;
    my $response_col;

# Skip worksheet if it doesn't contain data
    if ( $row_min > $row_max ) {
       warn "\tWorksheet $sheetname doesn't contain data. \n";
       next WORKSHEET;
    }

# Check for column headers
    COLUMN:
    for my $col ( $col_min .. $col_max ) {

        my $cell = $worksheet->get_cell( $row_min, $col );
        next COLUMN unless $cell;

        $target_col   = $col if $cell->value() eq 'Target';
        $response_col = $col if $cell->value() eq 'Response';
    }

    if ( defined $target_col && defined $response_col ) {
     
        ROW:
        for my $row ( $row_min + 1 .. $row_max ) {
            my $target_cell   = $worksheet->get_cell( $row, $target_col);
            my $response_cell = $worksheet->get_cell( $row, $response_col);

            if ( defined $target_cell && defined $response_cell ) {
                my $target   = $target_cell->value();
                my $response = $response_cell->value();

                my $value    = $lesk->getRelatedness( $target, $response);
                
                print "Worksheet   = $sheetname\n";
                print "Row         = $row\n";
                print "Target      = $target\n";
                print "Response    = $response\n";
                print "Relatedness = $value\n";
               
            }
            else {

                warn "\tWroksheet $sheetname, Row = $row doesn't contain target and response data.\n";
                next ROW;
            }
        }    
    }
    else {
 
        warn "\tWorksheet $sheetname: Didn't find Target and Response headings.\n";
        next WORKSHEET;
    }  
}

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The only thing that doesn't work is
Code:
                "my $value    = $lesk->getRelatedness( $target, $response);"

It gives me an error indicating that this is a "use of uninitialized value." This means that something here is undefined. $target and $response are both defined. $lesk, too, is defined at the beginning of the script:
Code:
                "my $lesk = WordNet::Similarity::lesk->new($wn);"

In trying to debug the code, I modified the script so that
Code:
               "my $value = $lesk"

It didn't give me the error message, but printed out the following for $value:
Code:
              "WordNet::Similarity::lesk=HASH(0x1033d1518)"

There seems to be some issue with defining $lesk/calling the WordNet::Similarity::lesk function with the statement nested in the block. I understand that this is probably a result of using strict. However, I am not sure what to do that will fix it. I cannot find a reason for it not to be working, though my knowledge of perl is admittedly pretty rudimentary.

Any suggestions?

Thanks,

--Ryan

Last edited by pludi; 07-27-2011 at 04:21 AM..
# 2  
Old 07-26-2011
Try to move 'use strict' after other "uses". OR add
Code:
no strict;
my $value = $lesk->getRelatedness( $target, $response);
use strict;

(Just a suggestion).
# 3  
Old 07-27-2011
Perl doesn't complain that the variables aren't defined, but that they're not initialized, meaning their value is undefined.

My assumption would be that the contents of the cell do not match the format that getRelatedness() expects, and the parameters are not sufficiently checked inside that function.
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