Anthony Beaman wrote: > > But what's the "-1" for? Why not just "$b[$a]" instead? That's what I'm confused > about.
Suppose that you want the first line so you enter "1". Because indexing starts at zero using $b[$a] will print out the second line. If you enter "4" for the fourth line $b[$a] will print out the fifth line. You have to subtract one from the number entered to get the correct index of the array. John -- use Perl; program fulfillment -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
