I, too, am interested in this syntax. I had to do the same juggling in order to "map" the values without affecting the original array -- and would prefer cleaner syntax if it's possible. Thx! Karl
> @new_names = map { ($x = $_) =~ s/(jpg|gif)$/html/i; $x } @old_names;
>
> Is there a more elegant way to accomplish this? It just doesn't seem
> elegant assigning $_ to $x, performing the substitution on $x, and then
> returning $x.
