in reply to why scalar(@array) is not numeric?

You have a precedence problem. Quoth B::Deparse your code parses as: print(((('number of files: ' . $size) - 2) . "\n"));. print takes a list so you should use a comma rather than the concatenation operator ..

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Re^2: why scalar(@array) is not numeric?
by theiss (Novice) on Jul 16, 2009 at 23:14 UTC
    thank you thank you thank you.
    I spent a better half of today trying to figure it out.
    I guess I'll read up on the . vs , :)
    Thanks Again!

    Theiss
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