N_scalars("foo",5); --yields-- $foo_1 = ''; $foo_2 = ''; $foo_3 = ''; $foo_4 = ''; $foo_5 = ''; #### my @foo; #### open FH, 'foo.txt' or die "$!: can't open foo.txt\n"; my @file = ; close FH; #### foreach my $line (@file) { print $line; } #### foreach (@file) { print $_; } #### print foreach @file; #### print @file; #### for my $i (0..$#file) { print $file[$i]; } #### for (0..$#file) { print $file[$_]; } #### print for @file; #### print @file; #### arb_scalars("alfa","bravo","charlie"); --yields-- $alpha = ''; $bravo = ''; $charlie = ''; #### my %word = ( alpha => 'a', bravo => 'b', charlie => 'c', ); #### print $word{'charlie'};