PERL Miscellaneous - Re: Why declare "my $something" on top if it's going to get a lexical

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Re: Why declare "my $something" on top if it's going to get a lexical

GreenLeaf

2005-02-24, 3:57 am

strangeuser@strangesomputer.com wrote:

<code snipped>

> sub _transformToHex {
> my @data = @_

> But why do you have to do that, since we declare "my @data" inside a sub
> routine block?
> I don't understand this...

Error is due to the missing semicolon after @_. Perl clearly says there
is a syntax error there. I, as a newbie, have seen that it helps to
correct errors in the order they appear, especially when it comes to
syntax errors. :)

Hope this helps,
sat

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