Mark Anderson wrote: > > I came across a reference to lvalue(s) in > perldoc -f substr > I then searched perldoc for "lvalue", and looked at each reference in: > perldoc perldiag > perldoc perltoc > perldoc perlfunc > perldoc perlsub > perldoc perlop > perldoc perlguts > perldoc perlsyn > perldoc perlfaq7 > perldoc perlfaq4 > perldoc perlref > > It's obvious to me that lvalue is a commonly understood term among perl > gurus, but I had to return my Llama to the Llibrary so I can't see if it's > explained there, but I'm confident/hopeful that someone out there can either > fair-use an explaination from their Llama, or even better provide an English > explanation.
An lvalue is something that can be assigned to. For example all scalars, arrays, hashes and typeglobs can be assigned a value but only certain functions like substr() and vec() can be. John -- use Perl; program fulfillment -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
