Re: what is this variable/value anyway?

2001-12-11 Thread $Bill Luebkert
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

RE: what is this variable/value anyway?

2001-12-11 Thread Thiebaud Richard
Are you thinking of the "ref" operator, which returns the type a reference points to? > -Original Message- > From: Edward G. Orton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2001 6:11 PM > To: Perl-Win32-Users Mailing List > Subject: what is t

Re: what is this variable/value anyway?

2001-12-11 Thread Edward G. Orton
- Original Message - From: "$Bill Luebkert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Edward G. Orton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Perl-Win32-Users Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 10:44 PM Subject: Re: what is this variable/

RE: what is this variable/value anyway?

2001-12-11 Thread Toby Stuart
-Win32-Users Mailing List > Subject: what is this variable/value anyway? > > 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