On Tuesday, May 28, 2002, at 06:22 , William West wrote: [..] > drieux wrote... > > b) you might want to pass in a reference to the array - and fill it up > > push( @$array_ref, $_ ) [..] > i almost understand this- not really though...
I shall presume you got David's clarification of 'push' and $_ and what you want to learn about is perldoc perlref for the semantically silly construct @$array_ref or 'make it be as if the underlying $array_ref is really a ref to an array'..... or did you specifically wish to discuss the merits and demerits of creating the @list_shrugged, and passing it out of your function, vice having the user pass IN a reference to your data type???? > i'm curious for an explanation :) Hi! I'm drieux, just drieux, nice to meet you curious.... > (btw- thanks drieux) [..] ciao drieux --- do People really think I read what I write? let alone try to remember any of it??? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]