On 1 Feb 2005 at 12:36, Ronald J Kimball wrote: > ... A list assignment in scalar context > returns the number of elements on the right-hand side of the assignment.
Which is an odd inconsistency, because in list context a list assignment returns the left-hand-side-list, so you might guess that in scalar context it'd return the number of elements in the lhs list... /Bernie\ -- Bernie Cosell Fantasy Farm Fibers mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Pearisburg, VA --> Too many people, too few sheep <--