Sharan Basappa wrote:
On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 9:31 PM, Rob Dixon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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Sharan Basappa wrote: > Hi, > > Is there a way I can copy only part of an array into another array. > For example, I want to copy only first 8 elements of source array > into destination array. my @dest = @source[0..7];
> > thanks. I can also assume that variables work instead of 0..7 ($1..$2) > so that I can write this as an general algo (Please bottom-post your responses to this list, so that extended threads remain comprehensible. Thanks.) Yes, although $1 and $2 are special variables that hold captured strings from the last successful regular expression match, so you would want to use different variables. Rob -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/
