You you put below word in "" Quote it treat as a string and if it kept in single quote it treat as character so for the DNS(domain name space) it should treat as charaterwies not as string so that it can read data from the link -----Original Message----- From: Dr.Ruud [mailto:rvtol+usenet@isolution.nl] Sent: Monday, August 24, 2009 11:15 PM To: beginners@perl.org Subject: Re: Perl module Net::Oping Error fzz wrote: > print "Latency to `one' is " . $ret->{'www.example.org'} . "\n"; Why is there a backquote in that string? -- Ruud -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscribe@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-help@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/ ______________________________________________________________________ This communication contains information which is confidential. It is for the exclusive use of the intended recipient(s). If you are not the intended recipient(s) please note any distribution, copying or use of this communication or the information in it is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error please notify us by e-mail or by telephone (as above) and then delete the e-mail and all attachments and any copies thereof. ______________________________________________________________________Thread Previous | Thread Next