Re: Subroutine example

2001-09-10 Thread Randal L. Schwartz
> "Ron" == Ron Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Ron> Is it just me, or does anyone out there notice that the example Ron> subroutine on pg. 57 of "Learning Perl" (Third Edition) doesn't work, Ron> as presented? Ron> When written like: Ron> snip-- Ron> #!/usr/

Re: Subroutine example

2001-09-10 Thread Ron Smith
Thanks, everybody!! I've declared the $n variable outside the subroutine, as suggested, and everything works fine :-). Ron >From: "Ron Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Subroutine example >Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 14:23:28 -0700 > >Is it just me, or does anyone out there

Re: Subroutine example

2001-09-10 Thread Matthew Galloway
I believe when you have sub marine{ my $n } my is local to sub marine, so it is lost after each call of marine. Whereas in the second example you have my $n outside of sub marine. matt Ron Smith wrote: > Is it just me, or does anyone out there notice that the example subroutine > on pg.