Jeff 'japhy' Pinyan wrote on 23.04.2004: > # read 6 lines from IN and put them in @record > my @record = map scalar(<IN>), 1 .. 6;
How does this work? In the map function you gave, the first argument is scalar, which takes only one argument and returns a line from INPUT in scalar context. But how are the numbers from the range operator applied to the expression scalar(<IN>)? Thanks, Jan -- These are my principles and if you don't like them... well, I have others. - Groucho Marx -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
