"Rob Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > "Sitha Nhok" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Hi, if I have a multidimensional array like : > > > > @AoA = ( > > ["ABC", "BCD"], > > ["CDE", "DEF"], > > ["EFG", "FGH"], > > ); > > > > > > then do: > > > > @var = splice @AoA, 2, 1; # to delete the last row > > > > print @var; #print what was returned from splice > > > > > > > > The print statement prints an address. I like it to print the contents > > that was removed. How do I do that? > > > > Just to make sure you understand, when you create an array of arrays like > this, your actually creating one top level array (ie @AoA) each element of > which is a reference to an anonymous (created by your ["ABC... declaration). > > What you're printing is the reference removed from the top level array. So > you need to dereference it, perhaps like this... > > my $inner_array_ref = $var[0]; > print @$inner_array_ref; > > This is long winded, but explains what's going on. We take the first element > of the array (which we assume exists) and then print it out, put deferencing > it to an array by prefixing it with a @. > > You could also do this... > > my $inner_array_ref = $var[0]; > print $$inner_array_ref[1]; > > Which will print the second element from the inner array. > > You'd be well advised to read up on references, and de-referencing stuff.
of course, it would have been helpful to let you know the easy way into your array, which is just... print $var[0][1]; which does your deferencing for you, but where's the fun in that? > > HTH > > Rob Anderson > > > ~Sitha > > > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
