>>>>> "Jesper" == Jesper Krogh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> $a=shift; >> ..... >> shift what? @_ ? Jesper> Yes Sometimes. shift defaults to @ARGV when outside a subroutine, and @_ when inside a subroutine, the argument being that those are both "arguments". :) -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 <merlyn@stonehenge.com> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/> Perl/Unix/security consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See PerlTraining.Stonehenge.com for onsite and open-enrollment Perl training! -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>