On Nov 14, Douglas Houston said: >I am trying to initialize a dynamically-named array, i.e. with the >following test code (if I type "script.pl char" at the command prompt) I >get the message "array char contains 1 2 3" but I get a warning if 'use >strict' is on. Can anyone show me how it should be done (I would like to >use 'use strict'!)?
You need to explain WHY you want to do this. There doesn't seem to me to be a good reason. Use a hash of array references. Don't turn off strict. #!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; # perl5.6+ my %data; my $name = shift; $data{$name} = [1,2,3]; # or # @{ $data{$name} } = (1,2,3); And your "while (<$ARGV[0]>)" is weird, and not working why you think it works. -- Jeff "japhy" Pinyan [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pobox.com/~japhy/ RPI Acacia brother #734 http://www.perlmonks.org/ http://www.cpan.org/ <stu> what does y/// stand for? <tenderpuss> why, yansliterate of course. [ I'm looking for programming work. If you like my work, let me know. ] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]