Christopher J Bottaro wrote: > > hello, Hello,
> i want to make a sub that is to be used like this: > my @array; > open(INFILE, "blah"); > ParseOneItem (INFILE, \@array); > > i know how to pass the array reference, but how do i pass the file handle? > can i do it just like that? If you have Perl version 5.6 or newer then you can do this: my @array; open my $infile, 'blah' or die $!; ParseOneItem( $infile, \@array ); perldoc -q "How do I pass filehandles between subroutines" John -- use Perl; program fulfillment -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
