Re: Understanding PERL statement

2002-01-19 Thread Tirthankar C. Patnaik
> What does $ stand for in the following statement? > > print"$_\t", "*" x $n, "\n"; > $_ is the default input and pattern-searching space. Snipped from man perlvar: PERLVAR(1) Perl Programmers Reference Guide PERLVAR(1) NAME perlvar - Perl predefined variables DESCRIPT

Re: Understanding PERL statement

2002-01-19 Thread Jeff 'japhy' Pinyan
On Jan 19, Naveen Parmar said: >What does $ stand for in the following statement? > >print"$_\t", "*" x $n, "\n"; $_ is a variable. It's the default variable, for things like loops and whatnot. perldoc perlvar -- Jeff "japhy" Pinyan [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pobox.com/~japhy/ RP

Understanding PERL statement

2002-01-19 Thread Naveen Parmar
What does $ stand for in the following statement? print"$_\t", "*" x $n, "\n"; TIA, - NP _ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [