nm, figured it out. you can pass open a scalar like this:
open($myfile, "blah");
ParseOneItem($myfile);
and use it in the sub like this:
sub ParseOneItem() {
my $fh = shift();
my $line = <$fh>;
}
=)
-- christopher
On Saturday 14 December 2002 03:10 am, christopher j bottaro wrote:
> hello,
> i want to make a sub in perl that is to be used like this:
> my @array;
> open(INFILE, "blah");
> ParseOneItem (INFILE, \@array);
>
> i know how to pass the array reference, but how do i pass the file handle?
> can i do it just like that? and how do i access it once in the sub? do i
> just shift() it outta @_ into a scalar?
>
> thanks,
> christopher
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