Chris Spurgeon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> A zillion ways. One is
>
> $length = scalar(@thearray);
Which reduces to:
$length = @thearray
The assignment operator supplies the scalar context. The
scalar pseudo-function is therefore not needed.
OTOH
print scalar @thearray;
The scalar *is* necessary since print would otherwise
provide a list context.
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