C:\test>perl -Mstrict -wle" my $r = undef; my @x = map{ $_ } @{ $r }" #### DB<25> use strict; my @a = 0..5; my @b = map { $_ = $_*$_ } @a; print "@a\n@b" 0 1 4 9 16 25 0 1 4 9 16 25