Array arguments are passed by reference

Arrays are passed by reference. If you pass an array as an argument to a procedure and modify that argument within the procedure, the array will have the modified values upon return from the procedure call. For example:

proc fred( string $myArray[] ) {

 for ( $i=0; $i<size($myArray); ++$i ) {

 $myArray[$i] = "fred";

 $myArray[$i] = "flintstone"; // add to the end of the array.

 string $a[] =`ls -geometry`;

 print("Before call to fred\n");

 print $a;

 fred($a);

 print("After call to fred\n");

 print $a;

produces this output:

Before call to fred

nurbConeShape1

nurbConeShape2

nurbSphereShape1

nurbSphereShape2

After call to fred

fred

fred

fred

fred

flintstone