Hello, I have some code which goes something like this...

package myPackage;

my @containerRefArray=();
my @containeeArray=();

...

sub get_parentRelPos (\%$) {
  my ($object, $name)=@_;
  my ($i, $j, $found);
  my @tmp;
  my $parentObject=$object->{'~PARENT'};
  my $objectIndex=$object->{'~entPhysicalIndex'};

  for ($i=0; $i < @containerRefArray; $i++) {
    if ($containerRefArray[$i] eq $parentObject) {
      $found=1;
      last;
    }
  }

...

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I have followed this code through with the debugger, and find that everything is OK until the last; statement, after which @containeeArray contains nothing...
  DB<16> x @containeeArray
0  ARRAY(0xf132c0)
   0  HASH(0xf11260)
      'entPhysicalAlias' => undef
      ...
  DB<17> n
NIM_Contains::get_parentRelPos(/home/rt106745/dev-edit/modules/NIM_Con
+tains.pm:48):
48:       if ($found) {
  DB<17> x @containeeArray
  empty array

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Does anybody here have any clues as to what might be going on?
The arrays contain references to tied hashes, if that's any help, although that shouldn't change anything, should it?

In reply to Array mysteriously disappears on loop exit... by Anonymous Monk

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