One sets the variable to undef, the other to 0. They're not equivalent. "Resetting" a variable is probably more like undef $bar.

But which you want probably depends on what it is you want to do. For some applications, you'd set $bar=0 initially (or $bar='' for others), so that could be useful.

Example

To print the sum of the numbers in an array, 
my $sum;
# ...
$sum = 0;
$sum += $_ for @array;
print "Sum is $sum\n";

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Using undef $sum would be a somewhat subtle error in this case.

Other times, you want undefinedness, and you undef things accordingly. Which is right to use depends on what is "right".

In reply to Re: undef vs. $foo = 0 by ariels
in thread undef vs. $foo = 0 by DaWolf

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