On Thu, 29 May 2014 13:36:11 -0700 Jim Gibson <jimsgib...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Try it yourself: > > % perl -e '@t=qw(1 2 3);$t=@t;print qq($t\n);' > 3 > % perl -e '@t=qw(1 2 3);($t)=@t;print qq($t\n);' > 1 > % perl -e '@t=qw(1 2 3);($t)=(@t);print qq($t\n);' > 1 This would be clearer if you used letters: $ perl -E'@t=qw( a b c );$t=@t;say$t' 3 $ perl -E'@t=qw( a b c );($t)=@t;say$t' a $ perl -E'@t=qw( a b c );($t)=(@t);say$t' a -- Don't stop where the ink does. Shawn -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/