Re: [MacPerl] Counting Words

[jacobs@azstarnet.com]

On 21 May, Ronald J Kimball wrote:
> On Thu, May 20, 1999 at 10:28:28PM -0700, jacobs@azstarnet.com wrote:
>> for ( my $i = 0 ; $i < @words ; $i++ ) {
>                         ^^^^^^
> *hint* *hint*

I know, I know, you could get the number of words by just using the
array in a scalar context. However, I assumed[1] that the proffered
code was going to be used to do something to each word, and the count
step was just a simplification for early testing and easy
posting purposes.

john,
still a perl 'baby-talker', really.

[1] assume = make an _ass_ out of _u_ and _me_

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