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Re: returning scalar context from map or grep

by robartes (Priest)
on Apr 28, 2003 at 13:08 UTC ( [id://253668]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to returning scalar context from map or grep

Do you mean something like: 
my @ary=qw/dog cat gnat/;
my $first=(grep {/at$/} @ary)[0];
print $first;
__END__
cat

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Re: Re: returning scalar context from map or grep
by !unlike (Beadle) on Apr 28, 2003 at 13:14 UTC

    AAAARRRRGGGG!!!!!

    I tried every method I knew apart from that one!

    Thanks Robartes, it worked a treat! ;)

    !unlike

    I write my Perl code like how I like my sex: fast and dirty. ;)

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