> > > Change this line
> > >
> > > ($name, $aliases, $addrtype, $length, @addrs) =
> > > gethostbyname($host);
> > >
> > > To
> > >
> > > (undef, undef, undef, undef, @addrs) = gethostbyname($host);
> >
> > I think mine is prettier, at least (see below)... Is there a reason
> > why this might be considered "Better" than doing:
> >
> > @addrs = (gethostbyname($host))[4];
> >
> > ?
>
> Of course there is. Those two are different. Notice that the fifth
> variable in the list is not a scalar but an array. It is supposed to
> slurp all items starting with the fifth. While usually the
> gethostbyname() will return only one address it may return several.
> At least according to the docs.
>
> Example:
>
> sub foo { (0,1,2,3,4,5,6,6,8,9) };
>
> (undef,undef,undef,undef,@a1) = foo();
> @a2 = (foo())[4];
>
> print join(", ", @a1),"\n";
> print join(", ", @a2),"\n";
Oh, hehe, right... Silly me!
-dave
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