>>>>> "SHC" == Shawn H Corey <shawnhco...@ncf.ca> writes:
SHC> #!/usr/bin/env perl that is not a good trick to run perl. also it forks off an extra process which slows things down. SHC> use strict; SHC> use warnings; SHC> my @whatever = qw(a b c d e); SHC> my @test = qw(1 2 3 4 5 6 7); SHC> sub testing { SHC> my @data1 = @{ $_[0] }; SHC> my @data2 = @{ $_[1] }; why do you need to copy the arrays over? keep them as refs and dereference them as needed. my( $data1, $data2 ) = @_ ; SHC> print "\@data1 = @data1\n"; SHC> print "\@data2 = @data2\n"; SHC> } print "data1 = @{$data1}\n"; print "data2 = @{$data2}\n"; SHC> See: SHC> perldoc perlreftut SHC> perldoc perlref those should be mentioned more prominently and earlier. obviously the OP doesn't know about refs so they need to learn the basics. uri -- Uri Guttman ------ u...@stemsystems.com -------- http://www.sysarch.com -- ----- Perl Code Review , Architecture, Development, Training, Support ------ --------- Gourmet Hot Cocoa Mix ---- http://bestfriendscocoa.com --------- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/