Re: ARGV array regarding

On Thu, 2008-07-31 at 18:00 +0530, suresh kumar wrote:
Hi,

This is my part of the script,

if (($#ARGV == 1) && ($ARGV[0] eq "-f")) {
..........
............

if ($ARGV[0] ne "-f" ) {
......................
....................

if i run my script i am seeing this kind of warnings.

Use of uninitialized value in string eq at ./lineCount line 30.
Use of uninitialized value in string ne at ./lineCount line 69.

How can i initialize ARGV array?

can anyone help me in this issue.

If you're looking to handle command-line options, you should use the
standard packages. See `perldoc Getopt::Std` and `perldoc Getopt::Long`.


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