Re: Simple question about foreach and my.

In some case I find it easiest to not even use a variable, but rely on your friend: $_

foreach (@somearray) {
    s/for_this/sub_this/g;
}
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There are many times when this is useful. This might not be the best example but it is one possible use. In this case to do a substitution in each array entry. I think a bigger point would be that you have found your way to "use strict". A definate thing you should always do.

THRAK

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Re: Re: Simple question about foreach and my. by Tyke (Pilgrim) on Mar 27, 2001 at 18:53 UTC
You need to be very careful using this idiom, especially if you're hoing to embed loops. It's very easy to mix up which `$_` belongs to which loop and create some horrendous problems. In general I find it's better to name (and declare) the iteration variables unless it's really going to be a short loop (in which case I tend to use the statement modifier `expr for (@array)` in any case)	[reply] [d/l] [select]