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Creating a file with special Chars in Perl

tuxy94
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Apr 3, 2008, 1:33 AM

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Creating a file with special Chars in Perl	Can't Post

Hello,

I would like to know how I can create a file that contain special characters in Perl. I have been trying to create a file, with the following function, and it works but it creates an error when it run. I think it is due to the data I am trying to put in my file, for example there are %, @ and others that are to be printed in the file, and I think that the error is due to this. Any ideas on how I can accomplish this? I have attached my code with the error message and one line to be put in the file.

Thanks,

Code:

sub CreateConfig{

my ($file,@data) = @_;

$file = $file.".new";

open(NFILE,">$file");

foreach my $item (@data){

printf NFILE "$item\n";

}

close(NFILE);

}

Error:

Modification of a read-only value attempted

One line of data from the array @data:

passwd chat = *New*UNIX*password* %n\n *ReType*new*UNIX*password* %n\n *passwd:*all*authentication*tokens*updated*successfully*

KevinR
Veteran

Apr 3, 2008, 8:27 AM

Post #2 of 2 (1293 views)

Re: [tuxy94] Creating a file with special Chars in Perl [In reply to]	Can't Post

Your program appears to be trying to change the value of a variables that perl thinks or knows to be "read-only". The only modification to a variable in the code you posted is this line:

$file = $file.".new";

Either that or the error is not associated with the code you posted. Printing "special" characters to a file would not be the problem. An example of a read-only variable:

Code

$foo =~ /(foo)/; 
print $1; <--$1 is read-only 
$1 .= 'bar'; <-- perl returns an error (read-only modification)

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