ranges

[ErichTheWebGuy]

Ok, so if I wanted to do something like this:

for (1..9) {

 #some code

}

How can I tell which number is currently being worked around in my loop?

 

[justice41]

The code

for (1..9) {

 #some code

}

is equivalent to

my @array = (1..9);

foreach $_ (@array) { #for and foreach are synonymous

        print "$_ ";
}

This will print 1 2 3 .. etc.
In the for loop you posted, '$_' contains the current value of the iteration.

If you are a C programmer (or are used to C-style code) then a similar loop might look like

for ($_=1; $_ <= 9: $_++) {
     # Do some stuff
}

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