On Thu, 24 Jan 2002, Naveen Parmar wrote: > Hello, > > What does % represent in the following statement? > %daysPerMonth = ('Jan' => 31, 'Feb' => 28, 'Mar' => 31); > > Is %daysPerMonth an array? Do we really need an array for this? > > TIA, > - NP > > _________________________________________________________________ > Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > That should be an associative array. An associative array differs from an array because you can define the keys as well as the values. As a standard array(enumerated, i think) the keys are started at 0 and just keep incrementing everytime an element is added to the array. Thank you, Steve Maroney -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]