Re: when does the definition of a my variable take effect?

I don't think you can use it in the initialization EXPR. A simpler example than yours: my $result = $result + 1; wouldn't work either. But, there is no problem using it as an EXPR inside another one (as in your read() example.) I don't think: read(FH, my $buf = $buf . "foo", 512, 3) would work either.

-sauoq
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Re: Re: when does the definition of a my variable take effect? by greenFox (Vicar) on Aug 23, 2002 at 04:21 UTC
Or my favourite: `chomp(my $var = <STDIN>);` -- Until you've lost your reputation, you never realize what a burden it was or what freedom really is. -Margaret Mitchell	[reply] [d/l]