On Sat, Sep 22, 2001 at 03:27:01AM +0200, birgit kellner wrote: > --On Samstag, 22. September 2001 01:09 +0200 Andrea Holstein > > Simple solution is > > ... > > my $index = 0; > > foreach my $element (@array) { > > if (...) { > > ... > > } > > $index++; > > } > > > Thanks, but I don't understand how this is supposed to achieve what I want. > As I understand it, this code simply increments the value of $index every > time the condition evaluates true. Then you don't understand it. Notice the $index increment is outside the if block. That means it is incremented each time through the loop, regardless of the conditional. Michael -- Administrator www.shoebox.net Programmer, System Administrator www.gallanttech.com -- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]