Its unfortunate, KM, that you didn't really read the question, or my posts for that matter. You might have noticed that I was not putting you down or saying that your answer sucked. I was merely pointing out that you gave an answer that ignored the question, followed by one that didn't. As for why I hadn't posted my own answer? Thats because I liked your second answer. But you want one from me that doesn't use a loop? Ok. I'll use recursion then:
sub addArray{ shift(@_) + addArray(@_) if(@_) }
$total = addArray( 1, 3, 8, 15, 7, 5, 3 )

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Update: Two other things KM, I notice that you voted -- on my original comment. I'm not sure why. Nothing I said in that post was incorrect or rude. I also have noticed that my recursive answer is similar to the one that Btrott posted. I'm not sure why I should care, but I didn't want you to think I had copied it, as I had not read it when I first posted this. Cheers.

In reply to RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: Answer: How can I add all the numbers in an array with out doing a foreach loop? by Adam
in thread How can I add all the numbers in an array with out doing a foreach loop? by draco_iii

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