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Re: What are typeglobs (useful for)?

by borisz (Canon)
on Jun 25, 2005 at 20:15 UTC ( [id://469973]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??

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in reply to What are typeglobs (useful for)?

I use them as shortcut/alias from time to time: 
*xyz = \&X::YY::ZZ::function;

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or as a alias for a scalar's: 
my $string = 'Hi          There';
local *_ = \$string;
s/\s+/ /g;
print $string;
__OUTPUT__
Hi There

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Boris

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