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perlfunc:reset

by gods (Initiate)
on Aug 24, 1999 at 22:42 UTC ( [id://256]=perlfunc: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??

reset

See the current Perl documentation for reset.

Here is our local, out-dated (pre-5.6) version:


reset - clear all variables of a given name



reset EXPR

reset



Generally used in a continue block at the end of a loop to clear variables and reset ?? searches so that they work again. The expression is interpreted as a list of single characters (hyphens allowed for ranges). All variables and arrays beginning with one of those letters are reset to their pristine state. If the expression is omitted, one-match searches (?pattern?) are reset to match again. Resets only variables or searches in the current package. Always returns 1. Examples:

    reset 'X';          # reset all X variables
    reset 'a-z';        # reset lower case variables
    reset;              # just reset ?? searches

Resetting "A-Z" is not recommended because you'll wipe out your @ARGV and @INC arrays and your %ENV hash. Resets only package variables--lexical variables are unaffected, but they clean themselves up on scope exit anyway, so you'll probably want to use them instead. See my.


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