Re^2: Initialize multiple variables in one statement

[mr_ron]

I think the solution might be closer to:

use strict;
use warnings;

my ($name1, $name2, $name3, $name4, $name5, $name6) = ('') x 6;

print "\n $name1, $name2, $name3, $name4, $name5, $name6\n\n";

Using '' x 6 in scalar context just concats the empty string six times yielding just an empty string. So:

use strict;
use warnings;

my @names = '' x 6;
print "$names[2]\n";

__END__
Use of uninitialized value $names[2] in concatenation (.) or string at
+ ...

[stevieb]

Nice catch! :)