"Bill Gradwohl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Using the example below (partially taken from Learning PERL Objects), I
> can't seem to figure out how to take a reference to an array in-line.
<snip />
> my $arrayPointer;
>
> # This works:
> @{$arrayPointer}=qw(Money preserver sunscreen);
> check_required_items("Mr. Howell", $arrayPointer);
>
> # These don't work:
> check_required_items("Mr. Howell", @{$arrayPointer}=qw(Money preserver
sunscreen));
> check_required_items("Mr. Howell", qw(Money preserver sunscreen));
>
>
> How do I tell Perl to give me a reference to an array in the last 2
> statements? There's got to be a way to pass a reference without having
> to explicitly name a variable. Right?
>
You bet:
check_required_items("Mr. Howell", [qw(Money preserver sunscreen)] );
a generic construct looks like this:
my $array_ref = [ 'foo', 'bar', 'bazz' ];
perldoc perlref
Todd W.
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