Phil Plumbo wrote: > > I ran across a curiosity in a perl program today, which can be explained > like so: > > @ITEMS = (0, 1, 2); > print @#ITEMS; # prints "2"; > > So if you wedge a '#' into an array name, it means "the length of the array, > less 1" (Oh, of course!). The guy was using it as a loop limit. > > I couldn't find anything on this in any of the perl books I own... is this a > documented feature of the language, or just a fetid schbat of boogage? > > To me, it looks suspiciously like a fetid schbat of boogage. It is actually documented in the Programming Perl 1st ed on page 68. You can also change the length of an array by assigning a value to $@whatever. Shortening the length does not actually destroy any data. You can lengthen it again to get the data back. Pretty cool stuff. -- Collective Technologies | Clay Fandre, cfandre at colltech.com A Pencom Company | Cell : (612) 719-4179 http://www.colltech.com | Pager: 6127194179 at airtouch.net --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org