Re: array question (newbie)

Hello Jerry,
:

Having an array:

@mylist=("apples", "oranges", "bananas");

And refering to a particular element, which syntax is correct? (or are both correct)?

print "Item 2 is $mylist[1]\n";
or
print "Item 2 is @mylist[1]\n";

Both seem to work, and looking at other code, I see it done both ways. 

The first is a scalar value, the second is an array slice.

This is a frequently asked question. So you can use the "-q" option of the perldoc command to dig it up:

Run:

    perldoc -q array

and look for the section:

    "What is the difference between $array[1] and @array[1]?"



Regards,

Simon Taylor
--
www.perlmeme.org
.

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