> On Thu, 30 Sep 2004, Graeme McLaren wrote: > > > Can anyone tell me what the difference between @_ and shift is? >
<snip> > So. In the context of subroutine arguments, you're generally passing in > one or more arguments. If you're only passing one, then you're right -- > > my $arg = @_; DANGER, DANGER.... the above takes a list in scalar context, $arg is now '1', not the value of the first argument. Throw in some parens to fix that guy.... my ($arg) = @_; > my $arg = shift; > my $arg = $_; > > -- are all equivalent. If, on the other hand, you have multiple args, > then these will all do different things. > <snip> > > -- > Chris Devers > http://danconia.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
