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I am a total newbie at Perl and was just asking if there is a way to add line spaces when asking for user interaction in a script.
For example:
Code:
SPACE
Hello what is your name?
SPACE
SPACE
So this is asking a question but has a space/empty line at the top of the screen and 2 spaces/empty lines below. I've seen it done in a bash script using for each line/space needed
You could use a standard regular expression within your print statement, such as \n which means new line. For a list of all regular expressions used, see here: http://www.ryerson.ca/perl/manual/pod/perlre.html
You could use a standard regular expression within your print statement, such as \n which means new line. For a list of all regular expressions used, see here: http://www.ryerson.ca/perl/manual/pod/perlre.html
Cheers,
Josh
Small amendment for completeness' (& correctness') sake:
"\n" in the context of print (or any string, really) is simply
an escape sequence, not a regular expression; while the escape
sequence has a meaning in REs (same meaning as in a string,
matching a newline) it is NOT an RE in this context.
Small amendment for completeness' (& correctness') sake:
"\n" in the context of print (or any string, really) is simply
an escape sequence, not a regular expression; while the escape
sequence has a meaning in REs (same meaning as in a string,
matching a newline) it is NOT an RE in this context.
Cheers,
Tink
I knew that man I refered to the regular expressions because you can also use expressions to create blank and new lines. Thanks for clarifying that though, since I forgot to.
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I refered to the regular expressions because you can also use expressions to create blank and new lines. Thanks for clarifying that though, since I forgot to.
