Yup. Just got this recently. ref
http://perldoc.perl.org/functions/ref.html Returns a non-empty string if EXPR is a reference, the empty string otherwise. If EXPR is not specified, $_ will be used. The value returned depends on the type of thing the reference is a reference to. Builtin types include: On 4/19/07, Bryan R Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Is there a way to determine whether a variable is a pointer to a hash, pointer to an array, or just a number/string? TIA. - Bryan
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