Simple question.
What will dumper do if I ask it for @_ within a sub? e.g.
print Dumper(@_); or perhaps
print Dumper(\@_);

A different subroutine is calling dbAction()
That subroutine is passing an array into dbAction:
@params = ($sql,$_[0],$_[1]);
dbAction(@params);

sub dbAction(\@){
print Dumper(@_);
print Dumper(\@_);
}

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The $sql may have two arguments on an update, but 6 on an insert, therefore I want to make sure that the references get placed accordingly to do the $dbh->prepare() and execute(). Using print statements 
print "$_[0]\n";
print "$_[1]\n";

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I can see that the data is there, but I want to use a for loop to make sure how many items are being passed in to the sub, and I get -1 when I ask for $#{@_}.
Dumper is breaking and I can't tell why.

In reply to Dumper Won't print @_ ? by kingram

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