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ashok.g

02-19-2010 03:22 AM

Get me out of this while loop( perl regexp)

Guys,
Get me out of the while loop I am using in the code which is:

Code:

#find the no. of occurences of a word in the given line

$a=<STDIN>;

$f=$a;

while($f ne "")

{

        if($f=~/(hi)/)

        {

                #print $f;

                $c++;

        }

$f=$';

}

print "The total no. of ocurrances are $c\n";

Thanks in advance :)

Sergei Steshenko

02-19-2010 03:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ashok.g (Post 3869129)

Guys,
Get me out of the while loop I am using in the code which is:

Code:

$a=<STDIN>;

$f=$a;

while((defined $f) != " ")

{

        if($f=~/(hi)/)

        {

                print $f;

                $c++;

        }

$f=$';



}

Thanks in advance :)

And why do you think you "deserve" getting out of the loop ? I.e. what diagnostic information do you have to prove that conditions exist to get out of the loop ?

...

For starters, have you actually thought about the validity of this:

Code:

(defined $f) != " "

comparison ? I.e. about types/values of left and right hand sides ?

ashok.g

02-19-2010 04:00 AM

Sergei Steshenko,
I don't really get you what you are trying to say!!

Sergei Steshenko

02-19-2010 04:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ashok.g (Post 3869159)

Sergei Steshenko,
I don't really get you what you are trying to say!!

Do you compare:

apples to apples ?
apples to oragnes ?

.
After answering the above question try again to answer the question I've asked:

Quote:

For starters, have you actually thought about the validity of this:

Code:

(defined $f) != " "

comparison ? I.e. about types/values of left and right hand sides ?

ashok.g

02-19-2010 06:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sergei Steshenko (Post 3869171)

After answering the above question try again to answer the question I've asked:

Ok, I made the changes to the code.... and edited in the main thread. Now tell me wheres my code went wrong????

Sergei Steshenko

02-19-2010 06:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ashok.g (Post 3869248)

Ok, I made the changes to the code.... and edited in the main thread. Now tell me wheres my code went wrong????

And why should I or anybody else tell you what went wrong ?

The thing that is wrong from the very beginning is lack of debugging skills.

What you are doing is conceptually this:

Code:

while(<condition>)

  {

  <do_something_affecting_the_condition>

  }

You expect <condition> to become false sooner or later, and thus exit the loop, but it apparently it doesn't happen.

So, why should anybody guess why <condition> doesn't go false ? Why don't you make the effort yourself and and print the condition ? I.e. why don't you change your code to become, say:

Code:

while(<condition>)

  {

  <print_the_condition_and_its_internals>

  <do_something_affecting_the_condition>

  }

and/or, if, for example, you definitely know that the loop body shouldn't be executed more than 5 times, then:

Code:

for(my $attempt_number = 0; $attempt_number < 5; $attempt_number++)

#while(<condition>)

  {

  <print_the_condition_and_its_internals>

  <do_something_affecting_the_condition>

  }

?

Then analyze what is printed and fix the problem.

Sergei Steshenko

02-19-2010 06:25 AM

And why don't you use

Code:

use strict;

use warnings;

? I.e. what makes you think your Perl skills are so good you do not need compiler diagnostics ? And what makes you think implementing everything through global (rather than lexical) variables is a good idea ?

ashok.g

02-19-2010 06:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sergei Steshenko (Post 3869262)

And why should I or anybody else tell you what went wrong ?

I think this forum is for sharing the views, helping others in getting out of their problems(technical n non-technical if possible),etc. Isn't it?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sergei Steshenko (Post 3869262)

The thing that is wrong from the very beginning is lack of debugging skills.

Who said I didn't used any debugging skills?
For your kind information here is the code where I used some debugging skills

Code:

#print $f;

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sergei Steshenko (Post 3869262)

What you are doing is conceptually this:

Code:

while(<condition>)

  {

  <do_something_affecting_the_condition>

  }

Code:

while(<condition>)

  {

  <print_the_condition_and_its_internals>

  <do_something_affecting_the_condition>

  }

and/or, if, for example, you definitely know that the loop body shouldn't be executed more than 5 times, then:

Code:

for(my $attempt_number = 0; $attempt_number < 5; $attempt_number++)

#while(<condition>)

  {

  <print_the_condition_and_its_internals>

  <do_something_affecting_the_condition>

  }

?

Then analyze what is printed and fix the problem.

I think its better to solve the problem rather than teaching the entire control statements like while, for,etc., which I had already know if you can.

Sergei Steshenko

02-19-2010 06:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ashok.g (Post 3869277)

I think this forum is for sharing the views, helping others in getting out of their problems(technical n non-technical if possible),etc. Isn't it?

Who said I didn't used any debugging skills?
For your kind information here is the code where I used some debugging skills

Code:

#print $f;

I think its better to solve the problem rather than teaching the entire control statements like while, for,etc., which I had already know if you can.

I do not see the printouts. And I do now want to guess. And I do not know what your input data is.

Every bug reporting guidelines demand publishing log files/screen output when they are available. In your case screen output can definitely be made available.

ashok.g

02-19-2010 06:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sergei Steshenko (Post 3869286)

Here you go!
I am presenting in front of you the entire input/output and source files.
Firstly the source file:

Code:

#find the no. of occurences of a word in the given line

$a=<STDIN>;

$f=$a;

while($f ne "")

{

        if($f=~/(hi)/)

        {

                print $f;

                $c++;

        }

$f=$';

}

print "The total no. of ocurrances are $c\n";

Input/Output:

Code:

[Ashok@station130 My Work]$ perl temp.pl

hi hhhhi hihihi hihi

hi hhhhi hihihi hihi

 hhhhi hihihi hihi

 hihihi hihi

hihi hihi

hi hihi

 hihi

hi

Observe that in the end I am not able to return to my prompt again.Its running an infinite loop there.
Now I think this information is more than enough for you and its your turn now.

Sergei Steshenko

02-19-2010 07:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ashok.g (Post 3869304)

Here you go!
I am presenting in front of you the entire input/output and source files.
Firstly the source file:

Code:

#find the no. of occurences of a word in the given line

$a=<STDIN>;

$f=$a;

while($f ne "")

{

        if($f=~/(hi)/)

        {

                print $f;

                $c++;

        }

$f=$';

}

print "The total no. of ocurrances are $c\n";

Input/Output:

Code:

[Ashok@station130 My Work]$ perl temp.pl

hi hhhhi hihihi hihi

hi hhhhi hihihi hihi

 hhhhi hihihi hihi

 hihihi hihi

hihi hihi

hi hihi

 hihi

hi

Observe that in the end I am not able to return to my prompt again.Its running an infinite loop there.
Now I think this information is more than enough for you and its your turn now.

No, the information is not sufficient (but I think I know what the problem is).

As I said, the problem is debug skills, and, in this case, poor way to display a variable with text contents.

The point is that text can also contain whitespaces, and you made no effort to implement your print statements in a manner than shows whitespaces.

So, for starters, assuming that your input data does not contain '|' character, please do the following:

read 'perldoc -f warn'
comment out 'print $f;'
in the very beginning of the loop body place: 'warn "|\$f|=|$f|";'

and publish the screen output again.

druuna

02-19-2010 07:13 AM

Hi,

Here's a solution for your problem, based on your original code:

Code:

#!/usr/bin/perl



use strict ;

use warnings ;



my $a ;

my $c = '0';

my $f ;



$a = <STDIN> ;

$f = $a ;

while ( $f ne "" ) {

  chomp $f;

  if ( $f =~ /(hi)/ ) {

      $c++ ;

  }

  $f = $' ;

}

print "The total no. of ocurrances are $c\n" ;



exit 0;

I agree with Sergei Steshenko that you do need to give the appropriate information (which you partially did).

It is up to you to figure out why the above code works and yours did not (you do want to learn something, don't you?).

Anyway, hope this helps.

Sergei Steshenko

02-19-2010 07:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by druuna (Post 3869330)

Hi,

Here's a solution for your problem, based on your original code:

Code:

#!/usr/bin/perl



use strict ;

use warnings ;



my $a ;

my $c = '0';

my $f ;



$a = <STDIN> ;

$f = $a ;

while ( $f ne "" ) {

  chomp $f;

  if ( $f =~ /(hi)/ ) {

      $c++ ;

  }

  $f = $' ;

}

print "The total no. of ocurrances are $c\n" ;



exit 0;

Arrrrgh, you spoiled such a nice party :).

druuna

02-19-2010 07:22 AM

@Sergei Steshenko: LOL.

I do hope that the OP doesn't just copy/paste that line, but understands why this needs to be implemented this way. But like I stated before, that is up to him. I also hope that it is clear to the OP why strict/warnings are needed in the code.

ashok.g

02-19-2010 07:36 AM

I am really enjoying this guys.

I think your code really works for only some inputs.
But what about this input?

Code:

[Ashok@station130 My Work]$ perl temp.pl

not getting hi here

Its again running an infinite loop for YOUR code. You debug your code now.

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