Chris Knipe wrote: > Hi, > > I was just wondering, when we talk about integers specifically, what's the > difference between: > my $foo = 1; > my $bar = 1; > > and > > my ($foo, $bar) = 1 > > I am getting more and more occurances where when I use the later as above, > $bar would not have a defined value... I'm not quite sure I understand why. >
If the variables have the same units, you can set their values all at once: my $player1_score = my $player2_score = 0; If their units are different, use separate lines: my $apples = 0; my $oranges = 0; The reason for this is to make understanding of what's happening easier for those that have to maintain your code. -- Just my 0.00000002 million dollars worth, Shawn Programming is as much about organization and communication as it is about coding. I like Perl; it's the only language where you can bless your thingy. Eliminate software piracy: use only FLOSS. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
