Has to do with ++ being magical and -- not being magical. It appeared on the
list a while back, but there was to be no change in how the ++ or -- would act.
Wags ;)
-----Original Message-----
From: Gross, Stephan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2001 12:46
To: 'Beginner Perl'
Subject: Increment & Decrement Strangeness
The following script:
$a ="X";
$a++;
print $a;
$a--;
print $a;
prints
Y
-1
Why does the autoincrement work in the + direction but not in the -? How do
I get the letter before "Y" back? Is this a Perl bug?
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