Hey guys,

It's been a while. Both since I've used Perl and come here seeking knowledge and your kind help.

Since it's been a while, I decided I would "ride the Llama" once more. So far, I've just been cracking along and enjoying a nice refresher.

But unfortunately, I seem to have hit a snag in the first exercise on chapter 4. I've stared and stared at my code...and stared some more. When I was done staring, I stared one more time.

Now. I've decided to cave and ask for help. I just don't know why my 'total' function is behaving so oddly. Here's the proglet:

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#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;

sub total {
 my $number;
 foreach (@_) {
  $number += @_[$_];
}
 return $number;
}

my @fred = qw{ 1 3 5 7 9 };
my $fred_total = &total(@fred);
print "The total of \@fred is $fred_total.\n";
print "Enter some numbers on separate lines: \n";
my $user_total = &total(<STDIN>);
print "The total of those numbers is $user_total.\n\n";

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Any input would be appreciated!

Danke!

2006-10-01 Retitled by g0n, as per Monastery guidelines
Original title: '0dd llama'

In reply to Having problems with addition in sub by bluethundr

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