Short answer: $ItemList[$i][0] refers to an entry in a two dimensional array.

For loops as you have written are not frequently used by perl programmers. (It makes you look as if you have just come from C). Instead we tend to use foreach loops because they are clearer, and avoid some types of bugs (Such as getting the index wrong and jumping off the end of the array). Re-writing your snippet with a foreach loop we get:


my $i=0;
foreach my $Item ( @itemList )
{
  print "Item $i is $Item[3]\n",
    "  Name: $Item[0]\n",
    "  Amount: $Item[1]\n",
    "  Process: $Item[2]\n\n";
    $i++;
}

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In reply to Re: Newbie: 'For loops' by chrestomanci
in thread Newbie: 'For loops' by packetstormer

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