It should be $i<$L and just 0 and not $0 ( $0 is the script name );Wags ;) ps You should realize that the c/r remains with each line. -----Original Message----- From: rabs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2002 17:52 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Another simple program which doesnt work. This newsgroup is great. I am learning alot from just reading the post here. I hope someone will be able to help with this query. ------------- #!/usr/bin/perl-w print "please enter a word then press enter\n"; @a= <STDIN>; $L =@a; for ($i=0; $i<=$L; $i++){ print $a[$i]; } print "\n there are $L varibles in the hash"; print "\n why wont $a[$0] print out " ------------------ When I execute the code above, the first item in the array does is not printed by the forloop. So if I enter the words press return " \n " after each one. Fish \n have \n underwater \n weapons \n The program prints out have underwater weapons I can access the item $[$0] outside the for loop. I am confused. Is it something to do with newline characters? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
