That works too (& I have used it as well), but I guess what I'm really asking (hoping?) for is a Perl special variable, kinda like "$.", which Perl auto-magically initializes & increments ...
-Nilanjan -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dan Boger Sent: Monday, September 18, 2006 10:39 AM To: boston-pm@mail.pm.org Subject: Re: [Boston.pm] Loop index in foreach? On Mon, Sep 18, 2006 at 07:30:40AM -0700, Palit, Nilanjan wrote: > In a foreach loop, is there a way to find out the loop index number? > E.g.: > > foreach (@myarray) > { > ... > push(@newarray[<??loopindex??>], <somevalue>); > ... > } > > Currently, I have to resort to the following: > for (my $i= 0; $i <= $#myarray, $i++) > { ... push(@newarray[$i], <somevalue>); ...} > > ... which is more wordy -- I was wondering if there's a more > elegant/efficient (i.e. less code) to do this? Not sure if I'd call this more elegant, but perhaps my $index = 0; foreach (@myarray) { ... push(@newarray[$index], <somevalue>); ... $index++; } -- Dan Boger [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Boston-pm mailing list Boston-pm@mail.pm.org http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-pm _______________________________________________ Boston-pm mailing list Boston-pm@mail.pm.org http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-pm
