returning length of "child" array

Hi All,

I have an array that holds references to other arrays. Later I want to be able to return the length of each array. But when I try to use the below code to print the array length, what I get is just an array object, rather than the length:

nav length: ARRAY(0x5c9dbc)

Here is the code:

my @primaryLeftNavList = $rootnode->get_node_list('primaryNavLeft');
my @primaryBottomNavList = $rootnode->get_node_list('primaryNavBottom');
my @primaryFooterNavList = $rootnode->get_node_list('footerNav');
my @primaryTopNavList = $rootnode->get_node_list('topNav');

my @primaryNavTypes = (\@primaryLeftNavList,\@primaryBottomNavList,\@primaryFooterNavList,\@primaryTopNavList);

for (my $nav=0;$nav<scalar(@primaryNavTypes);$nav++) {

print "nav length: ".scalar(@primaryNavTypes[$nav]);

}

What am I missing?

Thanks,

Mike

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try this:

foreach my $nav_list (@primaryNavTypes) {
print "length: " . scalar(@$nav_list) . "\n";
}

foreach my $navType (@primaryNavTypes)
{
print "navType length: $#$navType\n";
}Hope that helps.

~Jeff

Worked like a charm! Im just starting to get this whole referencing/dereferencing thing now. Thanks again.