--- Collin Rogowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> You get the size of an array by using it in a scalar context.
> $size = @a;
This is entirely correct.
But for those of you who prefer a more explicit syntax, you can put any
expression into scalar context with the "scalar" keyword. For my own
tastes, I'd do that, and add a comment just for clarity:
my $size = scalar @A; # $size now number of elems in @A
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print "Just another Perl Hacker\n"; # edited for readability =o)
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