You can do that, but if you're planning on assigning the variables any value other than (), then you will want to put the array LAST. Otherwise I don't know if Perl will let the array suck up all of the values you try to assign. This way you can be sure that your scalars receive a value.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, August 19, 2002 10:29 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Is it legal ??? In a message dated 8/19/2002 3:25:35 PM US Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Hi all, I am trying to declare some variables and was wondering what the > best way to do this was. Is it legal to do something like this: > my (@pairs, $ENV, $buffer); > The reason I ask is that I am not sure if its cool to have Arrays and > Scalar > vars within the same brackets. > Thanks for your help > > Anadi > No, I'm sorry but doing something of that nature is punishable by 10 years in prison and/or $20,000 in fines. Dra'Kon [King of bored out of his mind wise "butt" remarks] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]