D. Bolliger wrote:
> Mug am Mittwoch, 25. Oktober 2006 13:12:
> 
>>I don't know if that anyway I can know what should I pass back
>>from right hand side to left hand side, like :
>>
>>my $x = qw/a b c d e / ; # so I have $x = 5
> 
> The list on the right hand side is evaluated in scalar context, and that 
> delivers the number of entries in the list.

No it doesn't:

$ perl -le' $x = qw/ a b c d e /; print $x'
e


John
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