Re: Meaning of [@tempArray]

[email protected] wrote:
> Hi there,

Hello,

> I am stuck with something here.
> What does the following piece of code mean?
> 
> my @temp1;

Create the lexical array @temp1 and initialise it with nothing (empty.)

> my @temp2;

Create the lexical array @temp2 and initialise it with nothing (empty.)

> $cnt=0;

Assign the value 0 to the scalar variable $cnt.

> $temp2[$cnt] = [@temp1];

Copy the contents of the array @temp1 to an anonymous array and assign 
the reference of that anonymous array to the scalar variable $temp2[$cnt].

> What is the kind of data stored in $tempFieldNames[$information] ?

A scalar value of some kind.



John
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