How do I count the number of entries in this array? I wish to do the query and then determine how many items appear in the array. Such as if there is 14 items or entries in the array then I want it to give me a variable of 14. So when a supplier logs in the system counts how many items they currently have in inventory. 

&oops('you do not have any items in inventory') unless (open(THEFILE, 
+"$basepath/$inventory/$data.txt"));
    my ($title, $image, $counter, $supplier, $account_num, @inventory)
+ = <THEFILE>;
    close THEFILE;
    chomp($title, $image, $counter, $supplier, $account_num, @inventor
+y);
          my @supplier = split(/\[\]/,$inventory[$#inventory]);
          $file =~ s/\.dat//;

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So the question is how many @supplier entries are there? and how do I determine that? Up front let me appoligize for what most likely is something very simple, I am learning though. 

    my $suppliercount = $#@supplier;    ##WHAT GOES HERE TO GET ME THE
+ COUNT?
    my $inventcount = ($suppliercount + 1);

print "<font face=arial size=2>You currently have $inventcount item in
+ inventory.</font>;

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Thank you for the wisdom you share...

In reply to Need to count the number of entries in a array by Baffled

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