Is there a perl equivalent to the following....

Is there a perl equivalent to the java 'this' keyword ?

Chad

Re: Is there a perl equivalent to the following....

>>>>> "grocery" == grocery stocker writes:

grocery> Is there a perl equivalent to the java 'this' keyword ?

In a Perl object call, that's the first parameter to the subroutine.

sub some_method {
my $this = shift;
...
$this->some_other_method
...
}

Of course, you can call it $self or $this or $xyzzy if you want.

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Re: Is there a perl equivalent to the following....

grocery_stocker writes:

> Is there a perl equivalent to the java 'this' keyword ?

Sort of. "This" is passed to methods, but it's just the first argument,
not a keyword:

sub foo {
my ($this, $that, $the_other) = @_;
}

Perl has *many* very good tutorials about OOP in Perl. You really should
read them. From "perldoc perl":

perlboot Perl OO tutorial for beginners
perltoot Perl OO tutorial, part 1
perltooc Perl OO tutorial, part 2
perlbot Perl OO tricks and examples

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