array length

[rtb1]

Hi,

I couldn't find this in the Perl documentation but it must me possible.

How can I get the length of an array?

$length =@array.length; # returns 00?

What is the right syntax?

regards,

Raoul

 

[rtb1]

sorry, miss typed array name.

but apparantly a '0' is added to the actual number. When the length is 5 it returns 50.

Is there a reason for this?

raoul

 

[goBoating]

Try this....

@array = ('1','2','3','4,'5');
$length = $#array;
print "$length\n"; # prints 4 which is the fifth element starting with zero.


'hope this helps....




keep the rudder amid ship and beware the odd typo

 

[damann]

simplly doing this is fine:

$length = @array;

This should work just fine...

 

[goBoating]

damann is correct. I was making it harder than it needed to be. Thanks, damann.




keep the rudder amid ship and beware the odd typo

 

[rtb1]

Thanks guys,

That is even easier than my first thoughts! And it gives the correct number immediately.

 

[Tve]

To be sure to get a REAL, you can also use SCALAR, eg:

$length = scalar(@array);

In an if statement, you could write:

if ( scalar(@array) > 1 ) {
.......
}


Thierry