> Sigh ! My mind simply refuses to work. What must I do to print the number of > records $count in line 3. > Thanks > > > 1. @array = qw ( hello world hello how are you ); > 2. $match = 'HEllo'; > 3. print "Your search for $match returns $subroutine $count > records<br>\n";
> $subroutine = &count; > sub count { > foreach $record (@array){ > if (grep /$match/i, $record) { > print $record; > $count++; > }; > }; ### add this: return $count; > }; > > you simply 'return' what you want to return ;) try 'perldoc -f return' hth, Jos -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]