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Re: shift doesnt shift

by jplindstrom (Monsignor)
on Nov 27, 2008 at 13:59 UTC ( #726412=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to shift doesnt shift

Is the shift statement inside a subroutine or block of any kind?

If it is, it's shifting off @_ instead of @ARGV. 

perldoc -f shift
...
If ARRAY is omitted,
shifts the @_ array within the lexical scope of
subroutines and formats, and the @ARGV array at file
scopes
...

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/J

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Re^2: shift doesnt shift
by joec_ (Scribe) on Nov 27, 2008 at 14:04 UTC
    That was it. It was shifting off @_. Thanks.
[reply]

      Sometimes it pays not to depend on the default targets.

      I've banged my head on similar problems just because I didn't know or misunderstood what was being read.

      So now I always use whatever is needed explicitly, e.g., shift(@ARGV). But that's just me because I basicly suck at programming ;). Not a pro by any means.

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[d/l]
        Personally I'm not a big fan of implicit things like that.

        I never use $_ unless I "have to", like in a map, because not naming the variable is a lost opportunity to write clear, self documenting code.

        /J

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