Hi Peter,
On Sun, 4 Aug 2013 19:16:32 GMT
Peter Gordon <pete...@netspace.net.au> wrote:
> On Sun, 4 Aug 2013 07:10:59 +0100, timothy adigun wrote:
> >my @fruits = qw( apple pear banana ) ;
> >print join '', map "[$_]", @fruits ;
> >
> >now you can see each element surrounded by [] and then joined into
> >one string for printing.
> >
> >you don't even need the join if you are just printing it but i put
> >it there so you can use the same concept if you are going to
> >save the string.
>
> my $str = join (map "[$_]", @fruits);
> say $str;
>
> This code outputs a blank line & I can't see how to produce
> a string of the required output using join & map. Anybody
> have an answer?
Are you using strict and warnings? Did you define the contents of @fruits (and
hopefully declare it)? If @fruits is empty, then $str will be zero-length.
Regards,
Shlomi Fish
> Thanks
>
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