On Fri, 2006-07-21 at 16:14 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> How do I pass an array to a subroutine in a manner that the array is entirely
> contained in one element of @_, instead of having each element mapped to
> elements of @_.
>
> for example, inside of the subroutine, I'd like to say
> @z = @_[0];
> and have @z refer to the entire array I passed to the subroutine, rather than
> just the first element which is the case now.
see: perldoc perlref
Pass a reference to the array in to the sub:
sub test_array {
my($array) = shift;
${$array}[0] = 'First Element';
push @{$array}, 'New Element';
}
my @array = qw( first second third );
test_array([EMAIL PROTECTED]);
print $array[0] . "\n";
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Joshua Colson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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