Chas Owens schrieb: > On 3/29/06, Ryan Frantz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>Perlers, >> >>I just got a copy of Intermediate Perl (the updated version of Learning >>Perl Objects, References, and Modules, aka Alpaca) and started reading. >>I've been coding Perl for about 18 months now and every time I see '$_' >>I immediately understand its use in the context of the code, but I don't >>know its name. I realized this after reading over example code in the >>Alpaca and it got me to wondering: _Is_ there a name for '$_' ? For >>example, when I see '#!', I read 'shebang' and it rolls off the tongue, >>but 'dollar underscore' is clumsy. Does anyone know if a name exists? >>If not, do any of you have pet name for it? >> >>I know this is a whimsical (and possibly esoteric) question but I >>figured it might generate some fun threads. >> >>ry > > > Well, "use english" calls it $ARG. I call it the-default-variable or > dollar-sign-underscore when talking.
perldoc perlvar calls it $ARG, too. I tend to even use that name, but I usually pronounce it a little differently, more like: '$AAAARRGGHHHHH, Magic ahead! watch out!' SCNR, Andreas Pürzer -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
