Forgot to add: The second alternative is also wordy:
foreach (0 .. $#myarray)
{
...
push(@newarray[$_], <somevalue>);
...
}
And just like the for-loop, I longer have the array element in $_, which
makes all implicit $_ operations (regex's, chomp's, ...) wordier ...
-Nilanjan
> _____________________________________________
> From: Palit, Nilanjan
> Sent: Monday, September 18, 2006 10:31 AM
> To: L-boston-pm
> Subject: Loop index in foreach?
>
> In a foreach loop, is there a way to find out the loop index number?
> E.g.:
>
> foreach (@myarray)
> {
> ...
> push(@newarray[<??loopindex??>], <somevalue>);
> ...
> }
>
> Currently, I have to resort to the following:
> for (my $i= 0; $i <= $#myarray, $i++)
> { ... push(@newarray[$i], <somevalue>); ...}
>
> ... which is more wordy -- I was wondering if there's a more
> elegant/efficient (i.e. less code) to do this?
> Thanks,
>
> -Nilanjan
>
>
> Nilanjan Palit
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> Infrastructure Processor Division, CIG/DEG
> Intel Massachusetts Development Center
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