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Old 09-20-2011
Need help If empty - perl
Hi, I need help if I list all the file that determined by user input and if program cannot find file it will display " there no file that you looking for " here is my code but it not working

Code:
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
print "Enter Advance Search Function: ";
chomp ($func = <STDIN>);
my @func1 = split(' ', $func);
while ($func ne "quit")
{
    if (($func1[0] eq "/") && ($func1[2] eq "/"))
    {
      foreach $file (glob "$func1[1]") 
      {
          #if ($file) 
          # {
              print "$file\n";
          # }
      }
        if ($file == 0 )
        {
          print "there no file that you looking for. please Re-Enter\n";
         }
        
    }
    else
        {
            print " Incorrect vaiable was entered\n";
        }
    
print "Enter Advance Search Function: ";
chomp ($func = <STDIN>);

}

When compile it list a file but there still error message pop up even there is file in directory
Code:
$ perl test3.pl
$ Enter Advance Search Function: / *.pl /       
final.pl
ImageMenu_image.pl
test.pl
test2.pl
test3.pl
Use of uninitialized value $file in numeric eq (==) at test3.pl line 16, <STDIN> line 1.
there no specific widthcard was found. please Re-Enter
$ Enter Advance Search Function:

# 2  
Old 09-20-2011
The $file variable is out of scope when you check it. It doesn't exists when the foreach loop ends. Try using an additional array variable.

Code:
$ #!/usr/bin/perl -w
print "Enter Advance Search Function: ";
chomp ($func = <STDIN>);
my @func1 = split(' ', $func);
while ($func ne "quit")
{
    if (($func1[0] eq "/") && ($func1[2] eq "/"))
    {
                my @files = glob $func1[1];
                if ( ! @files ) {
                        print "there no file that you looking for. please Re-Enter\n";
                }
                else {
                        foreach my $file ( @files ) {
                                print $file, "\n";
                        }
                }


#      foreach $file (glob "$func1[1]") 
#      {
#          #if ($file) 
#          # {
#              print "$file\n";
#          # }
#      }
#        if ($file == 0 )
#        {
#          print "there no file that you looking for. please Re-Enter\n";
#         }
        
    }
    else
        {
            print " Incorrect vaiable was entered\n";
        }
    
print "Enter Advance Search Function: ";
chomp ($func = <STDIN>);

}

And I suppose you will have to reasign user input to the variable @func1 inside the loop, because instead results will always be the same and incorrect.

Regards,
Birei
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guidely
# 3  
Old 09-20-2011
Thank you so much here is code
Code:
$ #!/usr/bin/perl -w
print "Enter Advance Search Function: ";
chomp ($func = <STDIN>);
while ($func ne "quit")
{
    my @func1 = split(' ', $func);
    if (($func1[0] eq "/") && ($func1[2] eq "/"))
    {
                my @files = glob $func1[1];
                if ( ! @files ) {
                        print "there no file that you looking for. please Re-Enter\n";
                }
                else {
                        foreach my $file ( @files ) {
                                print $file, "\n";
                        }
                }


#      foreach $file (glob "$func1[1]") 
#      {
#          #if ($file) 
#          # {
#              print "$file\n";
#          # }
#      }
#        if ($file == 0 )
#        {
#          print "there no file that you looking for. please Re-Enter\n";
#         }
        
    }
    else
        {
            print " Incorrect vaiable was entered\n";
        }
    
print "Enter Advance Search Function: ";
chomp ($func = <STDIN>);

}

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