#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; no warnings 'uninitialized'; my @array = 1 .. 5; $\ = "\n"; sub check { print "array length: " . @array; use tt; [% FOR check IN ["exists", "defined", "true", "" ] %] for my $i ( 0 .. $#array ) { print "[% check %]([$i]) is " . [% check %]( $array[$i] ); } [% END %] no tt; print; } sub true { !!$_[0] } check; delete $array[$_] for 2 .. 3; # creates a hole check; undef $array[0]; # operates on the slot, not the array check; delete $array[-1]; # reduces length check; undef @array; # clears the array check; @array = 1 .. 3; check; #### array length: 5 exists([0]) is 1 exists([1]) is 1 exists([2]) is 1 exists([3]) is 1 exists([4]) is 1 defined([0]) is 1 defined([1]) is 1 defined([2]) is 1 defined([3]) is 1 defined([4]) is 1 true([0]) is 1 true([1]) is 1 true([2]) is 1 true([3]) is 1 true([4]) is 1 ([0]) is 1 ([1]) is 2 ([2]) is 3 ([3]) is 4 ([4]) is 5 array length: 5 exists([0]) is 1 exists([1]) is 1 exists([2]) is exists([3]) is exists([4]) is 1 defined([0]) is 1 defined([1]) is 1 defined([2]) is defined([3]) is defined([4]) is 1 true([0]) is 1 true([1]) is 1 true([2]) is true([3]) is true([4]) is 1 ([0]) is 1 ([1]) is 2 ([2]) is ([3]) is ([4]) is 5 array length: 5 exists([0]) is 1 exists([1]) is 1 exists([2]) is 1 exists([3]) is 1 exists([4]) is 1 defined([0]) is defined([1]) is 1 defined([2]) is defined([3]) is defined([4]) is 1 true([0]) is true([1]) is 1 true([2]) is true([3]) is true([4]) is 1 ([0]) is ([1]) is 2 ([2]) is ([3]) is ([4]) is 5 array length: 4 exists([0]) is 1 exists([1]) is 1 exists([2]) is 1 exists([3]) is 1 defined([0]) is defined([1]) is 1 defined([2]) is defined([3]) is true([0]) is true([1]) is 1 true([2]) is true([3]) is ([0]) is ([1]) is 2 ([2]) is ([3]) is array length: 0 array length: 3 exists([0]) is 1 exists([1]) is 1 exists([2]) is 1 defined([0]) is 1 defined([1]) is 1 defined([2]) is 1 true([0]) is 1 true([1]) is 1 true([2]) is 1 ([0]) is 1 ([1]) is 2 ([2]) is 3