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x13
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Dec 11, 2012, 7:08 AM

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print returned strings from subroutines	Can't Post

Hi,

I have this code:

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... 
if ($key eq 'uptime') { 
    my $fuptime = getFriendlyUptime($val); 
    print $fuptime; #print fuptime string 
    push(@vals, [8, $fuptime]); 
} 
 
sub getFriendlyUptime { 
    int($_[0]/(24*60*60)) . "d:" . ($_[0]/(60*60))%24 . "h:" . ($_[0]/60)%60 . "m"; 
} 
...

But when i try to print @vals, $fuptime value is ARRAY(0x134...) and don't print correct string but only ARRAY(0X134...).

How can I solve this situation?

Thanks for all your help.

Laurent_R
Veteran / Moderator

Dec 11, 2012, 8:15 AM

Post #2 of 2 (795 views)

Re: [x13] print returned strings from subroutines [In reply to]	Can't Post

Your subroutine is not really doing anything, as you compute a string but don't do anything with it.

Although it should work, it would be more explicit to do something like this:

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sub getFriendlyUptime {  
    my $duration = int($_[0]/(24*60*60)) . "d:" . ($_[0]/(60*60))%24 . "h:" . ($_[0]/60)%60 . "m";  
     return $duration; 
}

Then, print $fuptime to see what you get, if the conversion if OK.

Then, I am not sure what you are trying to do with:

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push(@vals, [8, $fuptime])

Why do you want to push an anonymous array with a constant value (8) into the @vals array? This is correct syntax, but probably does not do what you want.

If you want to set the array element with subscript 8, then you should do:

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$vals[8] = $fuptime;

if you just want to store your value in the array, then:

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push @vals, $fuptime;

But if you use:

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push(@vals, [8, $fuptime])

then, to retrieve $fuptime, you need something like $vals[0][1] (while $vals[0][0] will contain '8'). I doubt that's what you want.

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