Re: Having to specify $

You'd think (if you think like me) that $_ is assigned the value of $sth->fetchrow_hashref everytime through the loop.

I'd expect that $_ would be assigned during a for or foreach loop, but not during a while loop. Try

push @results, $_ foreach ($sth->fetchrow_hashref());

Update: It's possible to be mislead by while ( <FILE> ) { ... Here, $_ does get set. But this is actually due to input operator behavior, as covered in the "I/O Operators" section in perlop.

Props to rob_au for prodding this clarification.

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Re: Re: Having to specify $_ by sauoq (Abbot) on Dec 09, 2002 at 03:20 UTC
I'd expect that `$_` would be assigned during a `for` or `foreach` loop, but not during a `while` loop. Try `push @results, $_ foreach ($sth->fetchrow_hashref());` [download] That will only work if the function actually returns a list (and in this case it doesn't.) It will not call the function repeatedly until it returns false. -sauoq "My two cents aren't worth a dime.";	[reply] [d/l] [select]