note dec <blockquote>It's not</blockquote> <p>Question: what is the point in writing a tutorial explaining the difference between list and scalar contexts? <p>Answer: so that people who don't know the difference can gain some enlightenment. <p>Question: Besides poring over man pages or searching the Internet, what other way is there to gain an understanding of when a list context is implied and when a scalar context is implied</p> <p>Answer: write a sub that calls wantarray and divine the context directly</p> <p>Have I made my point? 790129 790356