how to test if an element belongs to an array or hash

[Tad McClellan]

[missing attribution here. It is bad manners to quote someone
without saying who it is that is being quoted.
]

"Why use Perl if mips are scarce compared to data to process ? "

I don't understand this senetence. What's mips?

MIPS, Millions of Instructions Per Second.

It is a unit used to measure the speed of computers (kinda).

I don't know any other computer language, so I'm learning perl.

If execution speed matters more than programmer speed, then
Perl (not perl, that's something else) is not the Right Tool.

If raw speed is the overriding concern, learn C, or even
assembly, instead.

 

[Tad McClellan]

I realized now it was wrong.

Then why have you not yet started to do it right?

Have you seen the Posting Guidelines that are posted here frequently?

In particular, have you followed the link to instructions on how
to compose a proper followup?

http://web.presby.edu/~nnqadmin/nnq/nquote.html

I am sorry, but I am grateful to all people here. They contribute their
knowledge to me,directly or indirectly.

Then *show* your apprecitation by composing followups the way
everybody else does.

It's really a fantastic place where people are so friendly and helpful.

Persist with silly-style followups and see how long that lasts.



[ snip TOFU ]

 

[biomahui]

Then why have you not yet started to do it right?

Have you seen the Posting Guidelines that are posted here frequently?

In particular, have you followed the link to instructions on how
to compose a proper followup?

http://web.presby.edu/~nnqadmin/nnq/nquote.html

Thanks for your criticize and suggestion. I should have paid more
attention to the guideline you mentioned before.

 

[biomahui]

[missing attribution here. It is bad manners to quote someone
without saying who it is that is being quoted.

"Why use Perl if mips are scarce compared to data to process ? "

I don't understand this senetence. What's mips?

MIPS, Millions of Instructions Per Second.

It is a unit used to measure the speed of computers (kinda).

If execution speed matters more than programmer speed, then
Perl (not perl, that's something else) is not the Right Tool.

If raw speed is the overriding concern, learn C, or even
assembly, instead.

Thanks for your explaination. I'll try to do better later.

 

[Jim Keenan]

John Bokma wrote:

You just reinvented grep (or better :-( ).

As I realized about 10 minutes after I posted.