In an earlier post, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Sat, Nov 30, 2002 at 09:26:29PM -0000, Chris Game wrote: > >> Can anyone explain why >> perl -e 'print reverse "forwards" ' prints "forwards"; and to get >> what I want I have to use >> perl -e 'print $var= reverse "forwards" ' which yields "sdrawrof" ? >> Why do I have to introduce the extra variable just to get the print >> I was after? > > Because your first example is in list context. > > perl -e 'print scalar reverse "forwards"'
Blimey that was quick! Thanks for the response Paul. Why doesn't perl -e 'print reverse scalar "forwards" ' work (I tried that earlier)? -- =========================================== Chris Game <chrisgame@!yahoo!dotcodotuk> =========================================== -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
