Jim Gibson wrote: > If you pass an array by reference, there is no copy in the subroutine. Any > changes you make to the array in the subroutine will be retained in the > calling program after the subroutine returns.
You can use dclone() from Storable to copy deeply-nested data structures. See `perldoc Storable` or http://perldoc.perl.org/Storable.html -- Just my 0.00000002 million dollars worth, Shawn Programming is as much about organization and communication as it is about coding. I like Perl; it's the only language where you can bless your thingy. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/