From: Telemachus <telemac...@arpinum.org> Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 20:17:27 -0500 To: beginners@perl.org Subject: Re: Newbie question about variables, arrays and where they all go
On Sun Jan 18 2009 @ 7:54, Telemachus wrote: > The arguments to a subroutine go into the @_ array. The @numbers array is > empty until you load it up in the foreach loop. Edit: I should have said that the @numbers array is empty before the *first* run. Since it's persistent, after that it already contains all the items from previous calls. So on a second call, it already has 5 and 6. (I should also consider spelling 'understand' with a d.) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/