Tell him it is NOT redeclaring, it is only allocated
once, at the 2..nth time in the while the 1st declared
variable is used...

It is just a local, like this:

...
{
 my $var=<FILE>;
 while ($Var)
 {
  ...
  ...
  $var=<FILE>;
 };
}
# $Var out of scope
...
[download]

Try that on him ;))

GrtZ!,

ChOas


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In reply to RE: Re: redeclaring variables with 'my' by ChOas
in thread redeclaring variables with 'my' by tune

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