Re4: whats wrong with my sub-routine ??

Uhhh ... doesn't my $ar = @_; put the number of things, not the first thing, into $ar?

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Re: Re4: whats wrong with my sub-routine ?? by Ovid (Cardinal) on Apr 23, 2003 at 17:19 UTC
Uhhh ... isn't that what I said? :) `my $ar = @_;` Now you're accessing an array in scalar context. This will result in $ar being set the the number of elements in @_. Cheers, Ovid New address of my CGI Course. Silence is Evil (feel free to copy and distribute widely - note copyright text)	[reply]