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Cure
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Aug 13, 2000, 10:25 PM

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Scope	Can't Post

package Sort;
sub cure
{ $b <=> $a }

package Other;
@new = sort Sort::cure 5, 2, 4, 8;

Whats the VALUE of @new and explain how @new obtained those VALUES

Cure

Cameron
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Aug 14, 2000, 1:40 PM

Post #2 of 3 (17996 views)

Re: Scope [In reply to]	Can't Post

The @new array is left unchanged at
5, 2, 4, 8;
How? I don't have my books handy, but i think it goes something like this.

First the call is made to Sort::cure, where
$a and $b are package global variables. These should be qualified with the package name of the caller, since the sort routine is not in the same package as the caller
Since $a and $b are out of scope, the subroutine returns '0' for each call.

Then sort compares the values returned from
Sort::cure, and since they are all '0', the order remains unchanged.

This populates the @new array with the unchanged list of values.

Cameron

Cure
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Sep 13, 2000, 8:30 AM

Post #3 of 3 (17996 views)

Re: Scope [In reply to]	Can't Post

Cameron your right, good job..

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