On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 05:22, Paul Johnson <p...@pjcj.net> wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 12:46:59PM +0400, Roman Makurin wrote:
>> Hi All!
>>
>> right now im doing it in following way:
>>
>> $size = @{[func_that_return_list_value]};
>>
>> is there any best way to do it ?
>
> $size =()= func_that_return_list_value;
>
> For more information see perldoc perldata starting at the part which
> reads:
>
> List assignment in scalar context returns the number of elements
> produced by the expression on the right side of the assignment:
snip
=()= is also often called the goatse operator (even though it is three
operators). If the reason is not clear, be very very thankful it
isn't.
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