Strange "print" syntax

Hi All !!!
    
     The below code works fine:

      $FH = $file_IDS[$z];
      print $FH "$splt_line[$loctn[$i]],";
      print $FH "$splt_line[$loctn[$i+1]]\n";
      $z++;

But when I remove the temporary variable $FH and use the $file_IDS[$z]
directly in the print
statement, gives a syntax error !    i.e. the below code fails:

      print $file_IDS[$z] "$splt_line[$loctn[$i]],";
      print $file_IDS[$z] "$splt_line[$loctn[$i+1]]\n";
      $z++;

   Can someone throw light on the above differences ? I believe both of the
above code referring to
the first argument to "print" is only scalar ??

TIA,
Praveen

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• Strange "print" syntax by Rajendra Babu, Praveen
• Re: Strange "print" syntax by Wiggins d'Anconia