I'm writing and reading some data which includes array variables. I can make it work but I can't find an 'elegant' way. Code fragments below

my @c_speed = (5, 8, 12, 8);
my $sfh;
  open($sfh, '>', $save_fn) or
        die "Unable to open file $save_fn : $!";
  print $sfh "@c_speed\n";

...

The file contains a line that looks like "5 8 12 8\n"
...

my $lfh;
  open($lfh, '<', $load_fn) or
        die "Unable to open file $load_fn : $!";
$rstring  = <$lfh>;  # Char speeds
  ($c_speed[0], $c_speed[1], $c_speed[2], $c_speed[3]) = sscanf("%d %d
+ %d %d", $rstring);

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I tried using read to get the data but either encountered syntax errors or got zero (or maybe 'undef') results. What is the correct way to read the array back in? What I'm doing works for an array of 4 but is obviously impractical for bigger arrays.

In reply to Reading into array with sscanf by colintu

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