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I have a function that expects a comma seperated list of values.

Is there some way to pass it an array, where each element is treated
as a distinct value?

For example, I have an array @VALS with values: "one", "two, "three".

Can I call "row" in a way such that it appears to have been called
like so:

$rtf->row($arowdef,"one","two","three");

.... without knowing how many elements are in @VALS

???

Tony wrote:

> I have a function that expects a comma seperated list of values.
>
> Is there some way to pass it an array, where each element is treated
> as a distinct value?
>
> For example, I have an array @VALS with values: "one", "two, "three".
>
> Can I call "row" in a way such that it appears to have been called
> like so:
>
> $rtf->row($arowdef,"one","two","three");
>
> ... without knowing how many elements are in @VALS
>
> ???

Try something like this:

$rtf->row($arowdef, @VALS);

At 2004-02-23 13:13 -0800, Tony wrote:
> I have a function that expects a comma seperated list of values.
>
> Is there some way to pass it an array, where each element is treated
> as a distinct value?
>
> For example, I have an array @VALS with values: "one", "two, "three".
>
> Can I call "row" in a way such that it appears to have been called
> like so:
>
> $rtf->row($arowdef,"one","two","three");
>
> ... without knowing how many elements are in @VALS
>
> ???

Maybe I don't understand the question, but what's wrong with just
calling the function with @VALS:

use Data:umper;
sub row { print Dumper \@_ };
@VALS = qw/one two three/;
row('zero', @VALS);

prints

$VAR1 = [
'zero',
'one',
'two',
'three'
];

(Tony) writes:

> I have a function that expects a comma seperated list of values.
>
> Is there some way to pass it an array, where each element is treated
> as a distinct value?
>
> For example, I have an array @VALS with values: "one", "two, "three".
>
> Can I call "row" in a way such that it appears to have been called
> like so:
>
> $rtf->row($arowdef,"one","two","three");
>
> ... without knowing how many elements are in @VALS

Yes of course. Did you try this?

$rtf->row($arowdef, @VALS);

Example:

#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict;
use warnings;

my @VALS = qw / one two three /;
my $arowdef = "abc";

xxx($arowdef, @VALS);

sub xxx
{
my @args = @_;

foreach my $arg(@args)
{
print("arg = $arg\n");
}
}

__END__


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On Mon, 23 Feb 2004 13:13:48 -0800, Tony wrote:
> I have a function that expects a comma seperated list of values.

I guess you mean an array?

> Is there some way to pass it an array, where each element is treated
> as a distinct value?
>
> For example, I have an array @VALS with values: "one", "two, "three".
>
> Can I call "row" in a way such that it appears to have been called
> like so:
>
> $rtf->row($arowdef,"one","two","three");
>
> ... without knowing how many elements are in @VALS

Yes. A sub-routine always expects a number of values, which are
represented in '@_';

sub row {
my @values = @_;
}

You also mentioned that you wanted the array to be unique. Take a look at
'perldoc -q duplicate' for more information on that issue.


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