K Old said:
> On Thu, 2003-09-04 at 12:24, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> Can someone please explain why this
>>
>>  while (1) {
>>            my $item = <STDIN>;
>>            chomp $item;
>>            last unless $item;
>>            $inventory{1c $item}++;
>> }
>
> You probably wanted:
>
> $inventory{'1c'}++;
> or
> $inventory{$item}++;

or more likely:

  $inventory{lc $item}++;

That is the letter L rather than the number ONE.

lc for lowercase.

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