In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Eugene van der Pijll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > int.5+($.-=2)/2||print for<>
You can use |0 for a short "truncate". Also interesting is the behaviour of --$.-$a++ and maybe --$.^$a++ for use in a grep or map, but i found nothing short enough based on them, e.g. 0|(--$.-$a++)/2||print for<>