[SOLVED] set varialbe in perl

[charlie205]

I'm having trouble with a variable in a perl script. This is my first perl script (probably obvious).

#!/usr/bin/perl

$TODAY=`date "+%A"`;
$NAME=mike;
$xml_file="/opt/$NAME.$TODAY.xml";

print $TODAY;
print $xml_file;

output

Friday
/opt/mike.Friday

I expected the second line of output to be:
/opt/mike.Friday.xml

what gives?

[charlie205]

to summarize: any time the variable $TODAY is called the rest of the filename is dropped.

[drl]

Hi.

You're having trouble with newlines -- too many in some places, not enough in others.

If you look carefully at your output, you'll almost certainly see that ".xmp" was printed, but on a separate line. That's because when you got the string from date it included a newline. You can use the chomp function to remove it.

When you print, include "\n" to add a newline, typically at the end of whatever it is you wish to print.

See perldoc -f chomp, etc., for details.

Best wishes ... cheers, drl

[charlie205]

thanks for the suggestion, I've been slammed this week so I haven't had a chance to test, but I will asap

thanks again, I'll let you know what I find

[charlie205]

Hi.

You're having trouble with newlines -- too many in some places, not enough in others.

If you look carefully at your output, you'll almost certainly see that ".xmp" was printed, but on a separate line. That's because when you got the string from date it included a newline.

You're right!! The .xml is printed on the next line. I didn't notice it at first because it is printed next to the command prompt. Now I can set about fixing it.

Thanks so much!!