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perlfunc:shift

by gods (Initiate)
on Aug 24, 1999 at 22:42 UTC ( [id://292]=perlfunc: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??

shift

See 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 @_ array within the lexical scope of subroutines and formats, and the @ARGV array at file scopes or within the lexical scopes established by the eval '', BEGIN {}, END {}, and INIT {} constructs. See also unshift(), push(), and pop(). Shift() and unshift() do the same thing to the left end of an array that pop() and push() do to the right end.


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