Andrew Gaffney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
:
: I have code that uses a 'foreach(@array) {}' to loop
: through an array. I now need to be able to get the
: array index inside of that. I know I could switch to
: a 'for($loopvar=0;$loopvar<@array;$loopvar++) {}' to
: do that, but I'd have to change some other code also.
: If not that way, is there a way to get the array
: index inside of a loop like 'for(0..$#array) {}'?
You could count the index:
{
my $index = 0;
foreach my $value ( @array ) {
.
.
.
$index++;
}
}
The outer braces keep $index to a smaller scope.
BTW, $value above is an alias. If you are needing the
index to change the current value in @array you can do
it by changing $value.
HTH,
Charles K. Clarkson
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