$ perl -wMstrict -le 'my $x = ("a","b","c"); print $x;' Useless use of a constant ("a") in void context at -e line 1. Useless use of a constant ("b") in void context at -e line 1. c $ perl -wMstrict -le 'my @y = ("a","b","c"); my $x = @y; print $x;' 3 #### return wantarray ? ($return,$values,$here) : $found_item_count;