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Re(3): NEWBIE Brain Teaser #2, by nysus

by yakko (Friar)
on Apr 16, 2001 at 06:33 UTC ( [id://72748]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re: Re: NEWBIE Brain Teaser #2, by nysus
in thread NEWBIE Brain Teaser #2, by nysus

Because @_ is localised for the subroutine. Since you called subroutine with no parms, the @_ it's operating from has undef.

As for &subroutine, @_ is not localised and the existing one is passed in. $_ need not apply outside the sub in any event -- the subroutine deals with @_.

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