> I have seen Ex #1 "corrected" (as being more well written) to Ex #2.
> In this case it is just being passed a $ but the data being passed was
> irrelevant. (though not a ref) I still don't see why, i guess i don't
> fully understand "shift". Any light shedder's appreciated, thanks : -)
>
> EX #1:
> sub makeArray{
> my @array = @_;
> foreach(@array){
> print $_ . "\n";
> }
> }
>
>
> Ex #2
> sub makeArray{
> my @array = shift @_;
> foreach(@array){
> print $_ . "\n";
> }
> }
>
The second example is nonsense. The
my @array = shift @_;
will pull the first parameter and store it in ONE ELEMENT array
@array. The other parameters will stay in @_.
Jenda
Thank you, that is my understanding of shift. ;-)
