Hi there.

I'm also a student learning the language.

Personally, I think it's best to always use:

my $size = scalar(@testarr);

rather than:

my $size = @testarr;

Because it's easier to understand and by naming something you exert a little more control over it. It also helps stress the difference between scalars and arrays, which is helpful for me as a student.

I'd be interested in knowing what the more established users of the language think about using scalar() rather than using only the array.

Any comments?

David Caughell.
Barrie, Ontario, Canada.

In reply to Re: Passing Any Range of Values to a Sub by David Caughell
in thread Passing Any Range of Values to a Sub by Dru

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