Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!umich!samsung!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!apple!ames!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!cit-vax!jerbil From: jerbil@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu (Stainless Steel Gerbil [Joe Beckenbach]) Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl Subject: Re: Subroutines Returning Null Arrays Message-ID: <13413@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu> Date: 18 Jan 90 19:09:43 GMT References: <13395@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu> Reply-To: jerbil@csvax.caltech.edu (Stainless Steel Gerbil [Joe Beckenbach]) Organization: California Institute of Technology Lines: 13 In my article <13395@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu> I write: > Is there a way to force a subroutine to return a null array? > [... more stuff ...] Amazing what a good night's sleep will do for a body. Found my problem (of course it was my error, Larry!) and discovered the do { } while construct, which simplified my script's logic to the point that I discovered my errors. Joe -- Joe Beckenbach jerbil@csvax.caltech.edu VEGGIES FOREVER! Toto, kansasoseum nun est cognito. -- Farley