Re: initialising number of vars in perl

[Sumit Rangwala <sumitr@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

my ($a,$b,$c,$n) = ("NULL") x 4;


Regards
Sumit

Gaurav Priyolkar wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> How do I assign an initial value to a number of scalar variables?
>
> my ($a, $b, $c, $n ) = 'NULL';
>
> doesn't work 'coz left side is list context.
>
> my $a, $b, $c, $n = 'NULL'
>
> assigns 'NULL' only to $n.
>
> Right now I have an array on right side in list context with lots of
> 'NULL's, but I guess there must be a cleaner way.
>
> -Gaurav
>
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