Perl programming on mMPE/iX - August 2001

HP World Page 8August 21, 2001
scalar vs. list context
• the context of some operations will determine the type of the data
returned
• scalar
• list
• assignment to a scalar variable will evaluate the righthand side in a
scalar context
• $onerecord = <STDIN>
• assignment to a list variable will evaluate the righthand side in a list
context
• @entirefile = <STDIN>
• context-based behavior is always documented