Larsen, Errin M HMMA/IT wrote: > > Ok ... So I tried this: > > # perl -MO=Deparse -nae 'print $f[4]' /some/directory/somefile ^^^^^
> LINE: while (defined($_ = <ARGV>)) { > our(@F) = split(" ", $_, 0); > print $f[4]; ^^^^^
> } > -e syntax OK > > My question now is, where did the @f array come from? I searched > through the perlvar perldoc page, but I only found an explanation for > the @F array. Is this an example of Perl making a typo? Or is the @f > array a secret array I'm not cleared to know about?
The @f array is there because YOU put it there. Of course in this case it will not contain anything.
John -- use Perl; program fulfillment
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