Re^3: question about variables from new perl user

Thank you everybody,
choroba, it takes a little bit of time to wrap my mind around the idea that an array with with numerical indices and one with alphanumeric indices are different. None of C/C++ and PHP are like that. I will have to get used to that.
Apero and Grandfather, thank you for the explanation of what is going on , the right way to do things, and the warnings.
Cristoforo, thank you for your insight. sometimes you learn a lot from breaking the rules. (and sometimes you learn fire is hot and it can burn ;) )
Thanks again,
Ray

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Re^4: question about variables from new perl user by GrandFather (Saint) on Dec 01, 2015 at 04:06 UTC
Actually C only has indexed arrays. PHP only has associative arrays. C++ has both with indexed arrays as first class citizens (inherited from C) and associative arrays supplied as part of the standard template library. Perl has both as first class citizens. Premature optimization is the root of all job security	[reply]