On 7/27/05, Charles K. Clarkson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > David Van Ginneken <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > : : #Get and process mail > : : for my $messageID (90){ > > : What exactly is this supposed to do? If you just run this > > : for my $messageID (90){ > : print $messageID . "\n"; > : } > : It outputs nothing.. > > Actually, it outputs "90\n". There is no reason why > the list in a 'for' loop cannot iterate over just one item. > In fact, it can make testing easier by allowing us to > substitute a list with just one test item. You are absolutely right. Teaches me to glance really fast at the output. ;-) I also made a typo in the last ->finish command. But he can get the idea. > > foreach my $item ( @very_large_array ) { > print "$item\n"; > } > > Can be replaced with this for testing: > > foreach my $item ( $single_test_item ) { > print "$item\n"; > } > > > 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> > > >
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