Hi all monks, I have a problem. When reading all the perl docs on deleteing array elements they say somthing like this: 
my @arr = (1, 2, 3);
delete $arr[0];

however I have set of functions looking like this

### main
### fetch the cashflows from input file and map the values from the co
+nfig file
my @cfs = &fetch_cfs;

### manipulate the cashflow values
@cfs = &man_cfs(\@cfs,\@valid_ports);

########################################
sub man_cfs {

  my ($cashflow,$valid_ports) = @_;

   foreach my $cf (@$cashflow) {
     if ($cf->{'portfolio_id'} eq "") {
       delete $cashflow[$count];
       next;
    }

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... mening I send in an array reference into the man_cfs function. But when I do the deletion nothing happens with $cashflow However @cashflow gets the element deleted... Why is this?? If I send in a referens shouldn't it be possible to delete the element using the techniques in the books, and why is the @cashflow populated?? Would be most grateful for answers, cause I have a deadline tomorrow *YNF*...

In reply to deleteing array elements I get mad!! by kurreburre

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