Re^2: Declaring my $var versus declaring my($var)

[dh1760]

Now I understand why "in scalar context returns ..." has sometimes not returned what I expected. Amazing that I've probably coded tens of thousands of lines of perl over the years and have rarely been bitten by this difference. I suspect it's because any time it has caused an unexpected result, I've just figured out a different way to get what I needed.

I guess we're never too old to learn ... thanks for the lesson!

[Anonymous Monk]

From time to time a refresher helps :) Tutorials: Context in Perl: Context tutorial

Context is also covered in Modern Perl Released as Free ePub a loose description of how experienced and effective Perl 5 programmers work....You can learn this too.