Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mcsun!hp4nl!mhres!jv From: jv@mh.nl (Johan Vromans) Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl Subject: Re: "MOST COMMON NOVICE BUG" contest Message-ID: Date: 9 Mar 90 19:26:23 GMT References: <15230@bfmny0.UU.NET> <15232@bfmny0.UU.NET> <1118@etnibsd.UUCP> <1990Mar9.013018.14672@virtech.uucp> Sender: news@mhres.mh.nl Organization: Multihouse Gouda, the Netherlands Lines: 15 In-reply-to: cpcahil@virtech.uucp's message of 9 Mar 90 01:30:18 GMT > Every dang time I write, or modify, a script I always have > at least 1 syntax error where I didn't put the $ before a variable in > an assignment. Too much shell programming, I guess. I have shell complaining about $ before a variable in an assignment... Anyway: my most common error is to forget the trailing semicolon. Johan -- Johan Vromans jv@mh.nl via internet backbones Multihouse Automatisering bv uucp: ..!{uunet,hp4nl}!mh.nl!jv Doesburgweg 7, 2803 PL Gouda, The Netherlands phone/fax: +31 1820 62944/62500 ------------------------ "Arms are made for hugging" -------------------------