processing large numbers/values/figures

[David Squire]

but to the other question: does Perl initialize all value-fields to
zero, primarily for hash-value fields?

prompt> perl -e '$test{key}++; print $test{key}'
1

 

[Lukas Ruf]

Sherm Pendley [Wed, 12 Jul 2006 13:50:01 -0400]:

perl does not emit any warning anymore -- did you refer to my
mistyping of

$hsh{$key} += @record{$index};

instead of

$hsh{$key} += @record[$index];

Not that I want to be redundant, but the above is exactly why the
posting guidelines suggest copy-and-pasting your code instead of
retyping it. It helps avoid errors such as these.

yeah, I know.

It also helps avoid "read the posting guidelines" responses.

but to the other question: does Perl initialize all value-fields to
zero, primarily for hash-value fields?

Thanks.

wbr,
Lukas

 

[Lukas Ruf]

David Squire [Wed, 12 Jul 2006 19:40:43 +0100]:

1

thanks a lot!

I am looking forward to the time once I will understand Perl
better

wbr,
Lukas