Re: Re: Use of uninitialized value in array element

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Re: Re: Re: Use of uninitialized value in array element by Fastolfe (Vicar) on Jul 12, 2002 at 22:27 UTC
The presence of a dollar-sign is not the issue. The value of the variables at this point in the program is what's suspect: `my $a; # undef my $b = 1; my @array = ( [4, 3], [2, 1], ); print $array[$b]->[$b]; # 1 print $array[$b]->[$a]; # Use of uninitialized value in array element, + but prints 2 print $array[$a]->[$b]; # Use of uninitialized value in array element, + but prints 3` [download] The undefined value has a numeric value of 0, so it all "works" because of Perl's DWIM nature, but through the grace of warnings we know that something is amiss if we expect that our index variables should always have a numeric value.	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Re: Re: Re: Use of uninitialized value in array element by TexasTess (Beadle) on Jul 14, 2002 at 19:12 UTC
Thanks for the clarification, I had NOT Experienced this in any of my perl works....and as a result am doomed for perl monk dumbassdom.... TexasTess "Great Spirits Often Encounter Violent Opposition From Mediocre Minds" --Albert Einstein	[reply]