-Sx- IUDICIUM Tue, 07 May 2002 07:51:46 -0700
A better example: perl -le '(*a,*b,*c)=(\1,\2,\3); for ( @x = ($a,$b,$c) ) { $_++; print } print "$a $b $c"'
2 3 4 1 2 3 (The above is from Steve Lane :) Note that the original 'constants' are NOT being changed. -Sx- :]