Curtis Poe wrote: > > --- "F.H" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi There, > > I am trying to get a count of elements of a reference to an array. > > $reftest = \@test > > $#reftest, doesn't seem to yield the number of arry elements. > > I appreciate if someone can help > > Thanks > > I.S > > In any event, "print $#test" will print the value of the last index, which is the >number of > elements minus one. If you want the number of elements from a reference, you can do >this: > > print $#$reftest+1; > > Or > > print scalar @$reftest; # yuck
$ perl -le'$[=5; @test = qw(one two three four five); $reftest = \@test; print $#$reftest + 1; print scalar @$reftest; ' 10 5 :-) John -- use Perl; program fulfillment -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
