Rob Dixon wrote:
> 
> Tore Aursand wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 09:05:45 -0600, Dan Muey wrote:
> > >> In Perl that is usually written as:
> > >>
> > >> for $count ( 1 .. 5 ) {
> > >>     print "$count\n";
> > >> }
> >
> > > Or even easier:
> > > for(1..5) { print; }
> >
> > Or _even_ easier;
> >
> >   print 1..5;
> 
> For the subscribers who don't already know,
> what are the differences between my
> 
>   print for 1..5

for iterates over the list 1..5 and sets $_ with each value and then
print is called for each item and print out the value in $_.

> and Tore's
> 
>   print 1..5

print is passed the list 1..5 and prints it out.

> ? (Deep magic here!)

Not really.  :-)



John
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