Re: [FWP] grepps script...

[Ronald J Kimball <rjk@linguist.dartmouth.edu>]

On Mon, Aug 02, 1999 at 10:32:05AM -0400, Prakash Kailasa wrote:
> I was thinking about the way arrays are printed when I wrote the above.
> 
> 	@a = qw(one two); print @a, "\n"; print "@a\n";
> 
> 	==>
> 	onetwo
> 	one two
> 
> When an array is interpolated withing a string, it is printed as if
> 'join'ed by a space. I don't know why but somehow I thought by setting $/
> to "\n", the array returned by grep would be printed on separate lines.

I think that $, is the variable you meant to use.  $" is for arrays
interpolated in strings, but for printing arrays outside of strings, you
want to use the output field separator, $,.


Ronald

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