Hi, I'm trying to understand the following script, i got most of them, but would like to know what "->" refers to. Could someone please explain that part? I'm specifically interested in following lines: 
##
@entries = $mesg->entries;
print "dn: " . $entry->dn() . "\n";
@attrs = $entry->attributes();
$entry->get_value($attr));
##

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# Script 
 #!/usr/bin/perl
use Net::LDAP;
$ldap = Net::LDAP->new("localhost");
$ldap->bind("cn=admin,dc=leapster,dc=org", password=>"secret");
$mesg = $ldap->search(filter=>"(objectClass=*)", base=>"dc=leapster,dc
+=org");
@entries = $mesg->entries;
foreach $entry (@entries) {
        print "dn: " . $entry->dn() . "\n";
        @attrs = $entry->attributes();
        foreach $attr (@attrs) {
                printf("\t%s: %s\n", $attr, $entry->get_value($attr));
        }
}

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Something with a generic explanation is also acceptable. I'm a newbie to perl, however at least i should how the data is getting manipulated, so that i can make use of it for future requirement. Thanks, Pamela

In reply to What does arrow (->) refer to? by Anonymous Monk

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