Two small mistakes: "Zeus Odin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message ...
> $ perl -mstrict -MData::Dumper -we "my $; print Dumper $s;" ^^^ $s > $VAR1 = undef; > $ perl -mstrict -MData::Dumper -we "my %h; print Dumper %h;" ^^^ \%h $VAR1 = {}; Therefore, the hash, like the array, both resolve to an empty list not undef. -ZO -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>