Jan Eden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
:
: 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>)?
They're not applied. The range acts as a counter.
HTH,
Charles K. Clarkson
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