On Wed, Aug 04, 1999 at 06:16:19PM -0400, John Porter wrote: > $handsize = 5; # straight poker. > @hands = 5; # O.k., who's in? > @$_ = splice @deck, 0, $handsize for @hands; # too much fun. > That assigns the first 5 elements of @deck to @5. $handsize = 5; @hands = 1 .. 5; $_ = [splice @deck, 0, $handsize] for @hands; # fun and effective. Ronald ==== Want to unsubscribe from Fun With Perl? Well, if you insist... ==== Send email to <fwp-request@technofile.org> with message _body_ ==== unsubscribe