Re: Meaning of [@tempArray]

"Jeff Peng" schreef:
> sundeep.sn@:

>> What does the following piece of code mean?
>>
>> my @temp1;
>> my @temp2;
>> $cnt=0;
>> $temp2[$cnt] = [@temp1];
>>
>> What is the kind of data stored in $tempFieldNames[$information] ?
>
> [@temp1] means creating an anonymous array.

It creates an anonymous array *and* returns a reference to it.


> This anonymous's elements are the ones of @temp1.


The elements of the anonymous array are *copies* of the ones of @temp1.


> An anonymous array is a scalar, this scalar is assigned to
> $temp2[$cnt].

An anonymous array is just an array with no name. A reference is a
scalar.

See perlref and perlreftut.

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