Barry Kingsbury wrote: > > I have an array that I wish to reuse. Before I reuse it, I want to clear out all > elements. Both of the following seem to work: > > @an_array = "";
This does not clear out all elements, it assigns one element to @an_array with the value of "". > and > > $#an_array = -1; This is one way to do it properly, another way is: @an_array = (); This assigns an empty list to @an_array. John -- use Perl; program fulfillment -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]