Offer Kaye <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: : : Neither was I, but I suspect the reason is that if you need a : counter, you should not be using "foreach". Instead, use "for": : for(my $counter = 0; $counter < @array; ++$counter) { : do_something_with($array[$counter]); : }
Why is that form favored over this typical foreach form? foreach my $counter ( 0 .. $#array ) { do_something_with( $counter ); } HTH, Charles K. Clarkson -- Mobile Homes Specialist 254 968-8328 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>