There is no way to re-define the variable in perl. The $, @, and % all have thier own seperate namespaces, and thus the definition
my $in; my @in; #creates *both* a scalar and array the best way is to use warnings; #start of every program! and it will give you a bit of ugly output to STDER having two my $name = "Sean Fritz"; my $name = "Sean W. Fritz"; #functions as the shown assignment statment, just functions as an assignment statment (I believe) and dosen't alocate any memory or destroy the previous variable. I could be very wrong on that part though. I do know that my $a = $a; #refrences whatever was the scoped $a before will refrence whatever $a was prior to you creating that global var. so it shouldn't make a diffrence if you redefine it with extra 'my's. > That would tag the second dim statement to be erroneous ("Name Redefined > Error"), thereby prohibiting redefinition of a variable! I am seeking a > clarification as to whether there a way akin to this in Perl? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]