$a *= $b means the same thing as $a = $a * $b.
On Sun, 02 Jan 2011 19:00:05 -0500, J. S. John <phillyj...@gmail.com>
wrote:
Hi all, I'm new to Perl. The only other language I know is
Matlab/Octave and I'm still working my way around Linux. I am using
Shlomi Fish's tutorial on perl until I get the llama book. I'm stuck
on section [4.1. "+=" and friends ] [1]. I don't really understand the
part "$a *= 2; $b += 1;" What is the *= mean?
[1]
http://www.shlomifish.org/lecture/Perl/Newbies/lecture1/variables/plus-equal.html
Thanks,
JJ
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