Re: a simple question



"Raghavendra Mahuli" <raghavendra.ma@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi all,
> I have a simple question in perl... I have an array -
>
> @a = (10,20,30,40);
>
> Since '$' gives the scalar of a array , i expect "print $a" to
> give the no. of elements in the array...
> But it dosent work..


$a has nothing whatsoever to do with @a. They are completely different
variables.



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Cheers,
Bernard
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