Re: Weird nested while loop problem

Getting off topic maybe so I'll keep it short. > The array pointer can be pretty useful. True, but unexpected for the perl programmer/novice PHP geek. > ie. give me the second last element of an array: This can be done in perl ("standard" arrays) with $array[@array-2] > Or have it tell you what the index is at the second last element: > and the index before that one: Not sure of a way (if any) to do that with perl's associative arrays. Chalk one up for PHP. Once I got a handle on the differences between perl and php arrays (perl has two types; php just has one that works like a combination of both of perl's) I was OK. - Darryl ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Darryl Friesen, B.Sc., Programmer/Analyst Darryl.Friesen@usask.ca Education & Research Technology Services, http://gollum.usask.ca/ Department of Computing Services, University of Saskatchewan ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "Go not to the Elves for counsel, for they will say both no and yes"