On Apr 10, Ahmed Moustafa said: >What is the default scope for a variable defined inside a subroutine?
The default scope for ALL variables is to the package they belong to. If you declare a variable with 'my', or give it a fully qualified package name (like $Foo::x), then the default is not the case. -- Jeff "japhy" Pinyan [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pobox.com/~japhy/ RPI Acacia brother #734 http://www.perlmonks.org/ http://www.cpan.org/ ** Look for "Regular Expressions in Perl" published by Manning, in 2002 ** <stu> what does y/// stand for? <tenderpuss> why, yansliterate of course. [ I'm looking for programming work. If you like my work, let me know. ] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]