On Sat, Aug 20, 2005 at 08:44:34PM +0530, Binish A R wrote: > How can I force array context ... > like > > # echo hello: world | perl -lne '$aref = split(/:/, $_); print $aref' > > but thatz giving the length of the array ... I want $aref to be a reference > ... > How is that possible ??
Very simple: my @list1 = (1,2,3,4); my @list2 = (5,6,7,8); my @combined = (@list1, @list2); my $ref_combined = [ @list1, @list2 ]; For mor info look in the Perl Cookbook section 11.0 (References and Records - Introduction) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
