Edward G. Orton wrote:
> I dimly remember that there is a function in perl which will
> tell you if a variable is a scalar, array, or hash. I tried
> perldoc, and a number of other things, but can't for the life of
> me remember what it was, or where I used it before.
>
> Suggestions?
Perlfunc
Are you thinking of the "ref" operator, which returns the type
a reference points to?
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> I dimly remember that there is a function in perl which will
> tell you if a variable is a scalar, array, or hash. I tried
> perldoc, and a number of other things, but can't for the life of
> me re