I have been using syntax like the following for months, without triggering a warning:
die join('', sprintf(Dumper [@stack]), sprintf(Dumper {%oprAtnNOW}), 'opt tojudge not specified');
That is, I have used sprintf
with Dumper
, without specifying a format.
In the following code, we see that this works fine, but only up to a point. When %oprAtnNOW
contains a long string, a warning is triggered.
(In all cases the string compiles as a regex; but before compilation, it is nothing but a string.)
What causes the warning with the long string? Why is there a "missing argument"?
Granted, sprintf
is supposed to be given a format, as in
https://perldoc.perl.org/functions/sprintf.
But why is this only enforced when a smaller string is replaced by a long string?
#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict; use warnings;
use Data::Dumper qw(Dumper);
$Data::Dumper::Sortkeys = 1;
print "Perl version: $^V\n";
my %oprAtnNOW;
my $string='~~~~~1983-10-21 Fri 13:01:13, today we went to the movie.';
%oprAtnNOW = (
Vv => {
v=>[ '(?<a>a)',],
},
);
tryit();
%oprAtnNOW = (
Vv => {
v=>[
'(?m)^(?<boundjour2009>(?<tilde5>[~]{5})[\\x20\\t]*(?<dateISO1mbeWeekdaymbeTIME>(?<dateISO1mbeWeekday>(?<dateISO1>(?<YYYY>[1-9]\\d\\d\\d)[-](?<nMonth2>0[1-9]|1[0-2])[-](?<nMonthDay2>3[01]|[0-2][0-9]))([\\x20\\t]+(?<wWeekdayAllor3>Sunday|Monday|Tuesday|Wednesday|Thursday|Friday|Saturday|Sun|Mon|Tue|Wed|Thu|Fri|Sat))?)([\\x20\\t]+(?<nTIMEdiverse>(at[\\x20\\t]+)?((?<HHcMMcSS>(?<HH>0[0-9]|1[0-9]|2[0-3]):(?<MM>[0-5][0-9]):(?<SS>[0-5][0-9]))|(?<HHMMmbeSS>(?<HHMM>(?<HH>0[0-9]|1[0-9]|2[0-3])(?<MM>[0-5][0-9]))(?<SS>[0-5][0-9])?)|(?<HHcMM_pct_cSS>(?<HH>0[0-9]|1[0-9]|2[0-3]):(?<MM>[0-5][0-9])%:(?<SS>[0-5][0-9]))|(?<HHcMM_stop>(?<HH>0[0-9]|1[0-9]|2[0-3]):(?<MM>[0-5][0-9])(?![:][0-5][0-9])))))?))',
],
},
);
tryit();
sub tryit
{
my $rgx=qr/$oprAtnNOW{Vv}->{v}->[0]/;
if($string=~$rgx)
{
print Dumper \%+;
}
print "with format:\n";
print sprintf('%s', Dumper \%oprAtnNOW);
print "WITHOUT format:\n";
print sprintf(Dumper \%oprAtnNOW);
}
The output:
Perl version: v5.18.4
$VAR1 = {
'a' => 'a'
};
with format:
$VAR1 = {
'Vv' => {
'v' => [
'(?<a>a)'
]
}
};
WITHOUT format:
$VAR1 = {
'Vv' => {
'v' => [
'(?<a>a)'
]
}
};
$VAR1 = {
'HH' => '13',
'HHcMMcSS' => '13:01:13',
'MM' => '01',
'SS' => '13',
'YYYY' => '1983',
'boundjour2009' => '~~~~~1983-10-21 Fri 13:01:13',
'dateISO1' => '1983-10-21',
'dateISO1mbeWeekday' => '1983-10-21 Fri',
'dateISO1mbeWeekdaymbeTIME' => '1983-10-21 Fri 13:01:13',
'nMonth2' => '10',
'nMonthDay2' => '21',
'nTIMEdiverse' => '13:01:13',
'tilde5' => '~~~~~',
'wWeekdayAllor3' => 'Fri'
};
with format:
$VAR1 = {
'Vv' => {
'v' => [
'(?m)^(?<boundjour2009>(?<tilde5>[~]{5})[\\x20\\t]*(?<dateISO1mbeWeekdaymbeTIME>(?<dateISO1mbeWeekday>(?<dateISO1>(?<YYYY>[1-9]\\d\\d\\d)[-](?<nMonth2>0[1-9]|1[0-2])[-](?<nMonthDay2>3[01]|[0-2][0-9]))([\\x20\\t]+(?<wWeekdayAllor3>Sunday|Monday|Tuesday|Wednesday|Thursday|Friday|Saturday|Sun|Mon|Tue|Wed|Thu|Fri|Sat))?)([\\x20\\t]+(?<nTIMEdiverse>(at[\\x20\\t]+)?((?<HHcMMcSS>(?<HH>0[0-9]|1[0-9]|2[0-3]):(?<MM>[0-5][0-9]):(?<SS>[0-5][0-9]))|(?<HHMMmbeSS>(?<HHMM>(?<HH>0[0-9]|1[0-9]|2[0-3])(?<MM>[0-5][0-9]))(?<SS>[0-5][0-9])?)|(?<HHcMM_pct_cSS>(?<HH>0[0-9]|1[0-9]|2[0-3]):(?<MM>[0-5][0-9])%:(?<SS>[0-5][0-9]))|(?<HHcMM_stop>(?<HH>0[0-9]|1[0-9]|2[0-3]):(?<MM>[0-5][0-9])(?![:][0-5][0-9])))))?))'
]
}
};
WITHOUT format:
Missing argument in sprintf at /Users/kpr/u/kh/bin/z.pl line 38.
Invalid conversion in sprintf: "%:" at /Users/kpr/u/kh/bin/z.pl line 38.
$VAR1 = {
'Vv' => {
'v' => [
'(?m)^(?<boundjour2009>(?<tilde5>[~]{5})[\\x20\\t]*(?<dateISO1mbeWeekdaymbeTIME>(?<dateISO1mbeWeekday>(?<dateISO1>(?<YYYY>[1-9]\\d\\d\\d)[-](?<nMonth2>0[1-9]|1[0-2])[-](?<nMonthDay2>3[01]|[0-2][0-9]))([\\x20\\t]+(?<wWeekdayAllor3>Sunday|Monday|Tuesday|Wednesday|Thursday|Friday|Saturday|Sun|Mon|Tue|Wed|Thu|Fri|Sat))?)([\\x20\\t]+(?<nTIMEdiverse>(at[\\x20\\t]+)?((?<HHcMMcSS>(?<HH>0[0-9]|1[0-9]|2[0-3]):(?<MM>[0-5][0-9]):(?<SS>[0-5][0-9]))|(?<HHMMmbeSS>(?<HHMM>(?<HH>0[0-9]|1[0-9]|2[0-3])(?<MM>[0-5][0-9]))(?<SS>[0-5][0-9])?)|(?<HHcMM_pct_cSS>(?<HH>0[0-9]|1[0-9]|2[0-3]):(?<MM>[0-5][0-9])%:(?<SS>[0-5][0-9]))|(?<HHcMM_stop>(?<HH>0[0-9]|1[0-9]|2[0-3]):(?<MM>[0-5][0-9])(?![:][0-5][0-9])))))?))'
]
}
};