Re: What is the difference between () and [] syntax for array?

[Parag Kalra]

On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 5:33 PM, Neo Anderson <neo_in_mat...@msn.com> wrote:
>
>  my @a1 = (1, 2, 3);
>

Here we are actually storing the elements into the array.


> my @a2 = [1, 2, 3];
>

And in this case we are storing the reference to the array containing
elements 1, 2 and 3.

This should actually be: my $a2 = [1, 2, 3];

And to store the elements: my @a2 =  @{$a2};

Thanks,
Parag