On Wed, Sep 04, 2002 at 04:44:39PM -0700, david wrote: > John W. Krahn wrote: [snip] > > $starttime{$current} = join ' ', @line[2 .. 6]; > > or you could remove the need for join all together: > > $starttime{$current} = "@line[2..6]";
That doesn't really remove the join, it just makes it implicit. Personally, I prefer to explicitly spell out the join, in case someone decides to muck with $" behind my back. Defensive coding from action at a distance, if you will. Michael -- Administrator www.shoebox.net Programmer, System Administrator www.gallanttech.com -- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]