> This is because $i falls out of scope and gets garbage collected each time the loop iterates.

perl is actually a bit smarter than that. The $i that is used on each iteration is the same $i; the value is simply reinitialized on each iteration.

You can prove this to yourself by seeing what memory address the scalar has: 

for (1..100) {
    my $i = 1;
    print \$i, "\n";
}

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However, this only works as long as the variable would be garbage-collected at the end of scope. If the reference count is higher than 1 at end of scope $i is a whole new scalar on each iteration. Observe: 

for (1..10) {
    my $i = 1;
    push(@is, \$i);
    print "in loop: ", \$i, "\n";
}

print "outside loop: $_\n" for @is;

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In reply to Re: Re: Two Questions on "my" by Somni
in thread Two Questions on "my" by C_T

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