Could you repost the answer? I just joined this group and would love to
read the great answer referenced in the post.
Thanks,
Mike
-----Original Message-----
From: Sean O'Leary [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, April 23, 2001 12:30
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: help me understand $_
At 07:33 PM 4/22/2001, you wrote:
>Sean O'Leary -- Damn that was a good explaination! I
>felt like I understood $_ very well before, but I
>understand it even better now. A very perlish post
>indeed. Larry the linguist would be proud!
>
>Matt
Thanks. : ) I'm glad I could help out.
There are lots of tutorials out there that will just say, "In case x, you
should use y." but I don't think these help people. If you show someone
what something is doing there in the larger scheme of things, they look at
a situation, decide if it really is best for them to use 'y', use it if it
is, or know where else to go if it isn't. Kind of the "give a man a fish /
teach him to fish" proverb.
May you go forth and Perl with style and aplomb. Maybe a little swagger,
too.
Thank you for your time,
Sean.
