Okay, but then...

Why does: 

print "foo\n";
print "@{$test->{gum}}\n";
if (grep(/^$tag$/), @{$test->{gum}}){
 ...

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give me: 
foo
Not an ARRAY reference at line 16
foo noo goo

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in particular why does the error for line 16 occur BEFORE the output for line 15? And what is the error of line 16? Something to do with grep?

I'm sorry I'm being dense. (Stupid windows XP. Ah, that was fun.)

In reply to Re: Re: references to arrays. I don't really get it I guess... by woozy
in thread references to arrays. I don't really get it I guess... by woozy

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