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on Aug 24, 1999 at 22:42 UTC ( [id://292]=perlfunc: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
shiftSee the current Perl documentation for shift. Here is our local, out-dated (pre-5.6) version: shift - remove the first element of an array, and return it
shift ARRAY shift
Shifts the first value of the array off and returns it, shortening the array by 1 and moving everything down. If there are no elements in the array, returns the undefined value. If
ARRAY is omitted, shifts the
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