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Luke wrote: > > From: "John W. Krahn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Barry Kingsbury wrote: > > > > > > I have an array that I wish to reuse. Before I reuse it, I want to clear > out all > > > elements. Both of the following seem to work: > > > > > > @an_array = ""; > > > > This does not clear out all elements, it assigns one element to > > @an_array with the value of "". > > > > > > > and > > > > > > $#an_array = -1; > > > > This is one way to do it properly, another way is: > > > > @an_array = (); > > > > This assigns an empty list to @an_array. > > you can always set it to undef also: > > @an_array=undef; This does not clear out all elements, it assigns one element to @an_array with the value of undef. John -- use Perl; program fulfillment -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
