got it ... thank you. cheers!
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From: Brandon McCaig <bamcc...@gmail.com>
To: Tony Esposito <tony1234567...@yahoo.co.uk>
Cc: beginners@perl.org
Sent: Fri, 12 August, 2011 14:08:52
Subject: Re: while(@data) works but why
On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 3:02 PM, Tony Esposito
<tony1234567...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
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> while(@dat = $sth->fetchrow) {
> print "@dat\n";
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> .
> .
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> This code works yet there is no 'my @dat' defined anywhere in the code.
> Using Perl 5.8.x - 5.14.x
>
> Q: Why does the variable @dat not need a 'my' in front?
See `perldoc strict'. In particular, the "strict vars" section.
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