comeau@osc.edu (Don Comeau) (02/26/90)
I'm running Perl 3.0 pl 8 on Sun-3s. The following script produces the unexpected output -1. #!/usr/hydrogen/gnu/bin/perl @array = (0,1,2,3,4,5,6); # $#array; # uncomment this line for expected behaviour $#array -= 2; print "elements in array -- ",$#array,"\n"; If the indicated line is uncommented, the script behaves as expected. Feel free to let me know if I'm doing something stupid or I had my eyes closed while reading the manual. Don Comeau comeau@hydrogen.mps.ohio-state.edu Dept of Chemistry comeau@ohstpy.bitnet Ohio State University 614-292-9431 -- Don Comeau comeau@osc.edu Ohio Supercomputer Center doncmh@ohstpy.bitnet 1224 Kinnear Road 614-292-6038 Columbus OH 43212-1154