>>>>> "SL" == Steve Lane <sml@zfx.com> writes: SL> what exactly is an "unnamed list"? (or a named list, SL> for that matter.) i think he means anonymous array. and there is no such thing as a named list. it is called an array and it is not a list. it is simple, you have named arrays, anonymous arrays and lists of values. a list of values only exists in an list/array context. otherwise it is a sequence of , separated expressions whose value is the last evaluated expression. uri -- Uri Guttman ----------------- SYStems ARCHitecture and Software Engineering uri@sysarch.com --------------------------- Perl, Internet, UNIX Consulting Have Perl, Will Travel ----------------------------- http://www.sysarch.com The Best Search Engine on the Net ------------- http://www.northernlight.com "F**king Windows 98", said the general in South Park before shooting Bill. ==== Want to unsubscribe from Fun With Perl? Well, if you insist... ==== Send email to <fwp-request@technofile.org> with message _body_ ==== unsubscribe