Hi johngg,

I see you recognized that the OP got tricked by using %seen and tracking the names he'd seen, when he wanted to track the numbers

You chose %names but I called it %sum

 $names{ $name } += 4; reads like "names of $name is increasing",
"names of bob is increasing" ...
but you're not increasing the names :)
you're not tracking the name,
you're tracking some attribute of name,
you're increasing the %sum, the %cash, %accountBalance,

See Re: What are the most basic, generic aspects of programming?, Re: Perl Best Practices for naming variables, About the use of the plural form for the name of variables, About the use of the plural form for the name of variables, Perl Best Practices for naming variables

In reply to Re^4: adding values of element by Anonymous Monk
in thread adding values of element by new2perl2

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