On Mon, 08 Dec 2003 08:51:14 -0800, "$Bill Luebkert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Why are you chopping filenames that start with , ? > Shouldn't you be removing the , instead ? Uhh ... sheer boneheadedness? > You could just sort them and use the first (or last) element > as the number (depending on sort order). > > my $nxtmsgnum = (sort { $a <=> $b } @msgnums)[-1]; Indeed, that was my next pass, once I decided to ignore the "," filenames. Thanks, -pd -- -------- Peter Davis Funny stuff at http://www.pfdstudio.com The artwork formerly shown as prints List of resources for children's writers and illustrators at: http://www.pfdstudio.com/cwrl.html _______________________________________________ Perl-Win32-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs