--- "John W. Krahn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > $ perl -le'$[=5; > @test = qw(one two three four five); > $reftest = \@test; > print $#$reftest + 1; > print scalar @$reftest; > ' > 10 > 5
Yes, but $[ is deprecated and therefore cheating. You deserve what you get if you use it :) Cheers, Curtis "Ovid" Poe ===== Senior Programmer Onsite! Technology (http://www.onsitetech.com/) "Ovid" on http://www.perlmonks.org/ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Check out Yahoo! Shopping and Yahoo! Auctions for all of your unique holiday gifts! Buy at http://shopping.yahoo.com or bid at http://auctions.yahoo.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]