Stuart White wrote:
> Hey, thanks that worked!
>
> --- James Edward Gray II <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> <snip>
> > I don't seen any reason to use the array at all, so
> > I've removed it.
> > If you had one that I just didn't know about, send
> > it on back.
>
> That's how I tried to solve this piecewise, I thought
> an array was necessary, or at least, it seemed logical
> to me. (another example of TMTOWTDI)
> I don't understand this syntax:
>
> $linehash{$1}++;
>
> I understand that $linehash{$1} refers to a single key
> within a key value pair of the hash,
No. It represent the value. The key in this case is $1.
> and I think the
> ++ is for incrementing each player's line, but I don't
> understand how it works.
> Could you explain it to me?
The derferencing operator {} takes higher precedence than the
auto-increment operator, wso the auto-increment acts on the result
of the expression $linehash{$1. That is it increments the value of
the element referenced by $linehash{$1}.
Joseph
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