Re^3: question about variables from new perl user

[rst]

Thank you everybody,
choroba, it takes a little bit of time to wrap my mind around the idea that an array with with numerical indices and one with alphanumeric indices are different. None of C/C++ and PHP are like that. I will have to get used to that.
Apero and Grandfather, thank you for the explanation of what is going on , the right way to do things, and the warnings.
Cristoforo, thank you for your insight. sometimes you learn a lot from breaking the rules. (and sometimes you learn fire is hot and it can burn ;) )
Thanks again,
Ray

[GrandFather]

Actually C only has indexed arrays. PHP only has associative arrays. C++ has both with indexed arrays as first class citizens (inherited from C) and associative arrays supplied as part of the standard template library. Perl has both as first class citizens.