>>>>> "TB" == Thomas Bätzler <t.baetz...@bringe.com> writes:
TB> Jon Forsyth <jon4s...@gmail.com> asked: >> I am truly a beginner. Could someone help me understand this syntax >> out of a code example from "Learning Perl"? On line 5 I'm confused >> as to why "my $number" is between "foreach" and the ()? is "my >> $number part of the loop? TB> "my" declares a variable for the lexical scope. While Perl by TB> itself will happily let variables spring into existence whenever TB> you first refer to them, the accepted best practice is to run perl TB> with the -w switch or the "use warnings;" pragma which requires TB> variables to be declared before their first use. that is the use strict pragma, not the warnings one. uri -- Uri Guttman ------ u...@stemsystems.com -------- http://www.sysarch.com -- ----- Perl Code Review , Architecture, Development, Training, Support ------ --------- Gourmet Hot Cocoa Mix ---- http://bestfriendscocoa.com --------- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
