On Feb 4, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: >My question is this - does PERL execute sequentially and "skip around" >embedded subroutines or Does it execute them inline?
Perl *compiles* subroutines when it sees them, but does NOT run them UNLESS you call them. >Line1 >Line2 >Line3 >Sub1 >Subcode1 >Subcode2 >Endsub1 >Line4 >Line5 >Line6 calls sub1 >Line7 >Does the execution sequence go like this: > >Line1, line2, line3 line 4 line5, line6, sub1, subcode1, subcode2, >endsub1 line7 Yes. -- Jeff "japhy" Pinyan [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pobox.com/~japhy/ RPI Acacia brother #734 http://www.perlmonks.org/ http://www.cpan.org/ <stu> what does y/// stand for? <tenderpuss> why, yansliterate of course. [ I'm looking for programming work. If you like my work, let me know. ] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
