Yep. Oops. :)
-Bennett
At 12:01 PM 10/12/2001 +0100, Simon Oliver wrote:
>You are confused.
>
>@array[$x,$y] returns and array of the two elements of @array with indexes
>$x an $y.
>
>@array[$x..$y] returns and array of the elements between index $x and $y,
>includive.
>
>--
> Simon Oliver
>
>Bennett Haselton wrote:
> >
> > Presumably affects all versions of perl -- but how come if you run:
> >
> > @array = ('a', 'b', 'c');
> > print join(" ", @array[0,0]), "\n";
> >
> > you get an array with *two* elements, i.e. the script prints "a a"?
> >
> > @array[0,0] ought to return an array with *one* element, with that
> element
> > being $array[0]. This would be consistent with the properties of
> arrays
> > that are returned for @array[x,y] when y > x -- i.e., the number of
> > elements is y - x + 1.
> >
> > I guess it's up to the language designers, but I think it was a bad
> > decision. It's one more special case that you have to check for,
> because
> > it's inconsistent behavior.
> >
> > -Bennett
> >
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