On Fri, 14 Nov 2003, Jeff 'japhy' Pinyan wrote:

> 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.
>

WHY do I need to explain why I want to do this? There certainly isn't a
good reason to do it with the test code I posted. If there's NEVER a good
reason, what are the alternatives?

> And your "while (<$ARGV[0]>)" is weird, and not working why you think it
> works.
>

Can you

a) explain how I think it works, and

b) explain why it really works.


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