thanks,
i ended up getting what i wanted with references:
&sub1(\@array,$var);
sub sub1() {
my ($ref, $var) = @_;
my @data = @$ref;
...
}
--- drieux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> On Friday, Sep 13, 2002, at 16:29 US/Pacific,
> Anthony E. wrote:
> [..]
> > for example, i tried this, but it doesn't work :-(
> ...
> >
> > &sub1(@array,$scalar);
> >
> > sub sub1() {
> > my (@array2, $scalar2) = @_;
> > print "$scalar2\n";
> > }
>
> remember that @_ is an array, so the @array2 gobbles
> up everything in an array to array assignment.
>
> So you can only pass 'one array type' - whether a
> %hash
> or an @array - into or out of an array.
>
> what you will also find a bit more efficient is to
> pass
> the reference to these complex data types
>
> my $new_array_ref = sub1(\@array, $scalar);
>
> sub sub1 {
> my ($array_ref, $scalar_var) = @_;
> print "scalar is $scalar_var \n";
> print "have item $_ \n"
> for (@$array_ref);
>
> my @tmp = @$array_ref ;
> push(@tmp, $scalar_var);
>
> return(\@tmp);
> }
>
> for a bit of fun....
>
> ciao
> drieux
>
> ---
>
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