Thomas Bätzler wrote: > Ed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> asked: >> >> push( @lineArray, @_ ); <---no it's an array of arrays. > > This will append all the items in @_ to @lineArray. > > You shoul've said "push( @lineArray, [EMAIL PROTECTED] );" instead.
No he shouldn't have. @_ is a global variable so you are pushing a reference to the same array every time which means that every element of @lineArray will contain the last line read. You need to either use a lexical variable or an anonymous array. John -- use Perl; program fulfillment -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
